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Actuaries Suggest Focus on Risk and Financial Security Issues to Policymakers Ahead of State of the Union Speech

WASHINGTON—Ahead of President Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech, the American Academy of Actuaries is offering expertise on risk and financial security issues to public…
Date Published: 01/25/2018
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Actuaries Identify Critical Issues in Senate Health Care Bill

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is drawing policymakers’ attention to issues raised by the U.S. Senate majority’s health care legislation, the Better Care…
Date Published: 07/05/2017
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The State Effects of the Medicaid Cuts Being Discussed in the Senate

Center for American Progress
Date Published: 05/26/2017
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Date Published: 05/12/2017
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Actuaries Outline Implications of American Health Care Act for Medicaid and the Individual Market

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries’ Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Medicaid Subcommittee provided an actuarial perspective on the American Health Care Act…
Date Published: 03/22/2017
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House Speaker Paul Ryan Proposes a Privatized Medicare System

Health Payer Intelligence
Date Published: 11/15/2016
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Date Published: 11/07/2016
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Academy Announces Officers and Regular Directors Begin Terms

WASHINGTON—In addition to the start of Bob Beuerlein’s term as its president, the American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce the start of the terms of five officers and four…
Date Published: 11/03/2016
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