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Actuaries Urge “Super Committee” to Put Medicare on the Table

  WASHINGTON — Sept. 12, 2011 — The American Academy of Actuaries Medicare Steering Committee is urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to develop proposals to slow health…
Date Published: 09/12/2011
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Commentary: Fix Medicare now to avoid breakdown

Pottstown Mercury
Date Published: 06/12/2011
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Actuaries: PPACA could help with increasing Medicare eligibility age

National Underwriter Life & Health
Date Published: 05/31/2011
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Actuaries’ Briefing to Highlight Social Security’s Financial Condition and Solutions

  What: Capitol Hill Briefing – An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report The American Academy of Actuaries will host a briefing to review the newly released…
Date Published: 05/20/2011
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Actuaries’ Briefing to Focus on Medicare’s Financial Issues and Reform Options

  What: Capitol Hill Briefing – An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Medicare Trustees Report The American Academy of Actuaries will review the newly released 2011 Medicare Trustees…
Date Published: 05/20/2011
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Actuaries Set to Discuss Financial Condition of Medicare and Social Security

  What: The American Academy of Actuaries Medicare and Social Security experts will be standing by to offer an actuarial perspective after the programs’ trustees release…
Date Published: 05/12/2011
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The Actuarial State of the Union

  WASHINGTON – Jan. 24, 2011 – As President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, the American Academy of Actuaries is outlining a domestic policy agenda to…
Date Published: 01/24/2011
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