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Academy’s ‘2018: Making Issues Count’ Website Provides Voters With Nonpartisan, Expert Information on Key Issues

WASHINGTON—As the political campaigns for the 2018 fall elections move into high gear after Memorial Day and candidates discuss their public policy positions during debates and in other…
Date Published: 05/24/2018
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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…
Date Published: 11/29/2016
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Date Published: 06/06/2016
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New Academy Issue Brief Looks at Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Increases

WASHINGTON—With half of Americans age 65 and over expected to need some type of long-term care, a new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries provides an examination of the process…
Date Published: 06/03/2016
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State of the Union: Academy Urges President, Congress to Address Health and Retirement Security Issues

WASHINGTON—As the country awaits this evening’s State of the Union address, the American Academy of Actuaries urges President Obama and Congress to make concerted progress this year to…
Date Published: 01/12/2016
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Actuarial Experts Available to Discuss Public Policy Challenges Ahead of State of the Union

WASHINGTON – As President Obama prepares to outline his administration’s priorities in the State of the Union address on Jan. 12, experts at the American Academy of Actuaries are…
Date Published: 01/07/2016
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October 23: American Academy of Actuaries to Host ‘Aging Securely: An Actuarial Forum on Financial and Health Care Retirement Challenges’

 WASHINGTON – On Friday, Oct. 23, the American Academy of Actuaries will host a public policy discussion on Capitol Hill led by actuarial experts on lifetime income, long-term care, and…
Date Published: 10/23/2015
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Asset Treatment for Stand-Alone LTC Asset Adequacy Analysis

Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee comments to the Long-Term Care Valuation (B) Subgroup on asset treatment for stand-alone LTC asset adequacy analysis.
Date Published: 01/26/2017
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Comment / Letter

Subcommittee Comments to Maryland Insurance Commissioner on LTC Public Hearing

LTC Reform Subcommittee comment letter to the Maryland Insurance Administration Public Hearing on Long-Term Care Insurance.
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 01/06/2017
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Academy Testimony at Congressional Hearing on Long-Term Care

Laurel Kastrup, chairperson of the Academy’s Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee, testimony at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the federal long-term…
Date Published: 11/30/2016
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Issue Brief

Essential Criteria for Long-Term Care Financing Reform Proposals

LTC Criteria Work Group issue brief examining the essential criteria that should be used to analyze long-term care (LTC) financing reform proposals.
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 11/29/2016
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Presentation

Long-Term Care Credibility Monograph

Long-Term Care (LTC) Credibility Monograph Work Group presentation on increasing the awareness of the applicability of credibility procedures to LTC insurance-related work, providing information on…
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 08/25/2016
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Issue Brief

Understanding Premium Rate Increases on Private Long-Term Care Insurance Policyholders

LTC Reform Subcommittee issue brief providing an overview of premium rate increases on private long-term care insurance policyholders.
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 06/02/2016
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Comment / Letter

Subcommittee Comments to Maryland Insurance Commissioner on LTC

LTC Reform Subcommittee comment letter to the Maryland Insurance Administration Public Hearing on Long-Term Care Insurance.
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 04/28/2016
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NAIC Report

LTC PBR Work Group Presentation to NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial Working Group

-Term Care (LTC) Principle Based Reserve (PBR) Work Group presentation of its final report to the NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial Working Group (B).
Date Published: 04/05/2016
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NAIC Report

Work Group Final Report to NAIC on LTC Principle-Based Model

LTC Principle-Based Reserves Work Group final report on a principle-based approach model to the NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial Working Group.
Date Published: 01/21/2016
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NAIC Report

LTCTWG Report on Terminations for LTC Insurance

Long-Term Care Terminations Work Group final report to the NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial Working Group on terminations for long-term care (LTC) insurance.
Date Published: 11/18/2015
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