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Proposed PBGC changes cause concern

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/05/2013
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Actuaries: 30 Years Later, It’s Time Again to Raise the Age for Full Social Security Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – May 23, 2013 – A generation ago, the 1983 Social Security Amendments, a bipartisan accord, was adopted to keep Social Security solvent by, among other things, raising the…
Date Published: 05/23/2013
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Actuaries say PPACA may have mixed effects on costs

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 05/13/2013
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News Release: Actuaries Respond to President Obama’s Proposed Budget

WASHINGTON – April 11, 2013 – As policy makers debate changes to Social Security and Medicare in the 2014 federal budget proposed by President Obama, the nation’s actuaries urge them to…
Date Published: 04/11/2013
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State of the Union: Opportunity to Refocus on Sustainability Reforms, Not Just Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON – Feb. 11, 2013 – When President Obama talks about avoiding sequesters and reducing federal budget deficits during his State of the Union on Tuesday night, the American…
Date Published: 02/12/2013
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Future of benefits a critical issue in presidential election

Pensions & Investments
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 08/20/2012
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Public Pension Funds Need to Set More Realistic Goals

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 07/27/2012
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on Portable Health Benefits

The Health Practice Council’s Active Benefits Committee and Individual and Small Group Markets Committee responded to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/24/2024
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on Gene Therapy RFI

The Health Practice Council’s Health Care Delivery Committee, Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, and Active Benefits Committee responded to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/22/2024
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Committee Releases Resource and Discussion Guide on Guaranteed Living Benefits

The Life Experience Committee released a resource and discussion guide, Utilization Assumptions of Guaranteed Living Benefits for Deferred Annuities. The guide suggests some reasons why there may be…
Date Published: 05/09/2024
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Comment / Letter

Committees Comment on Definition of Employer-Association Health Plans

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Committee responded to the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration’s proposed rule on…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 02/14/2024
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Comment / Letter

Committees Comment on Definition of Employer – Association Health Plans

Committees Comment on Definition of Employer—Association Health Plans The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Committee responded to the…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 02/14/2024
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Committees Comment on Definition of Employer—Association Health Plans

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Committee responded to the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration’s…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 02/14/2024
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Policy Paper

Committee Releases Issue Paper on Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups

The Social Security Committee released an issue paper, Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups, focusing on how benefits received by different groups are shaped by features of the…
Date Published: 11/10/2023
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Issue Brief

Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later

Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million…
Date Published: 10/31/2023
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Issue Brief

Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later

Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million…
Date Published: 10/31/2023
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Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello Receives Wynn Award from CCA

Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello received the prestigious Wynn Kent Public Communication Award from the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA) at CCA’s Annual Meeting. In remarks…
Date Published: 10/16/2023
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