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Actuaries Caution on Potential Risks and Effects of Health Care Executive Order on Consumers, Insurance Markets

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is cautioning that President Trump’s executive order on association health plans (AHPs) and short-term limited-duration insurance could…
Topics: Benefits Health Insurance Public Policy Solvency
Date Published: 10/12/2017
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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Volunteers’ Efforts

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries will honor five exceptional volunteers, Mary Bahna-Nolan of Naperville, Ill., Keith Passwater of Brownsburg, Ind., Lenny Reback of Highland Park,…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Principle-Based Reserving Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 09/13/2017
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Simplify pension funding notices, say actuaries

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Topics: Benefits Pension Funding
Date Published: 08/17/2017
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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter: American Academy of Actuaries Letter to Senate Leaders on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 07/03/2017
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Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market

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Topics: Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 06/13/2017
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Facts About Social Security and Women Highlighted for Mother’s Day Weekend

Issue Brief Examines Differences in Benefits Between Men and Women, and Potential Effects of Social Security Reforms on Women WASHINGTON—On Mother’s Day weekend, the Social Security…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/12/2017
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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 05/11/2017
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New Report from Risk Experts Highlights Challenges and Reform Options for National Flood Insurance Program

WASHINGTON—As Congress weighs reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), it has multiple options for addressing the program’s challenges and should take into…
Topics: Benefits Casualty Public Policy
Date Published: 04/19/2017
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Actuaries: Ending EHBs May Not Significantly Lower Overall Prices And Would Hike Costs For Those Benefits

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 03/23/2017
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Academy Issue Brief Identifies Seven Critical Areas That Long-Term Care Financing Reform Needs to Address

WASHINGTON—As Americans’ long-term care (LTC) needs increasingly outpace their capacity to finance them, and policymakers explore ways in which to make coverage for care more…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Long-Term Care Public Policy Risk Management Solvency
Date Published: 11/29/2016
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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…
Topics: Annuities Benefits
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…
Topics: Benefits Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Benefits Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Benefits Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 10/16/2023
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