The Academy's Senior Pension Fellow Frank Todisco discussed the 2010 Social Security trustees’ report. Todisco said that although the recession caused a shortfall in revenue, Social Security’s insolvency date is still estimated to be 2037 because of an indirect impact of a new tax in the health care reform law that could trim health insurance benefits and boost taxable wages, thus increasing Social Security revenue.

The Academy's Social Security Game was cited and linked as part of a feature on Social Security, which included a poll on how readers would fix the program.

Karen Bender, a volunteer on the Academy’s Committee on Federal Health Issues, discussed the purpose of health insurance capital and surplus. Bender said that surplus and capital are used to ensure health insurer solvency.

An Academy letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding actuarial issues with the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act was cited in op-ed by Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr. The actuaries wrote that there is a “significant potential for increased adverse selection, necessitating further changes, which may make the program unsustainable.”

The Academy's Social Security Game was mentioned and Academy Senior Pension Fellow Frank Todisco discussed a proposal to fix Social Security by eliminating benefits for non-working spouses, who currently receive half the amount their mates receive.

The Academy's Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group's May 14 letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding new medical loss ratio requirements was cited.

Academy volunteer Donna Novak discussed health insurance capital and surplus. She said that there is a misconception that regulatory minimums for surplus are meant to be operational targets.

The Academy's position statement advocating that policymakers address Social Security's actuarial imbalance by increasing the retirement age was mentioned and linked.

A preliminary report from the Academy to insurance regulators regarding deferred tax assets was discussed during a recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners' conference call.

A preview of Academy Public Interest Committee Chairperson Tom Terry's op-ed in support of addressing Social Security's actuarial imbalance by increasing the retirement age. A reader poll on the issue is also included.