Public Policy

Issue Brief

Issue Brief on Understanding and Addressing Health Care Costs and Cost Growth in Medicaid: A Framework

Medicaid Subcommittee issue brief on growing health care costs concerns in the Medicaid program and an analysis of public policy proposals to address them.

Research Paper

Actuaries Climate Risk Index: Preliminary Findings

As part of its continuing public policy research program providing objective and independent information based on actuarial analysis, the American Academy of Actuaries today introduced the first…

Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Creating a National Retirement Policy

Academy Essential Elements paper on creating a national retirement policy, outlining the ways in which a comprehensive national retirement policy could potentially address concerns about retirement…

Presentation

Capitol Hill Briefing Presentation—Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime: Public Policy Options and Practical Tools

tol hill briefing presentation on lifetime income, highlighting public policy options and tools

Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Income to Last a Lifetime

Academy Essential Elements paper on lifetime income, highlighting the challenges that workers face in planning for the risk that they may live longer in retirement than expected, and outlining…

Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2014)

Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…

Academy Essential Elements Paper on Social Security

The Academy published a new Essential Elements paper, Securing Social Security, that examines the long-term solvency challenges facing the nation’s largest social insurance program and approaches…

Policy Paper

Social Security Reform Options

A public policy monograph that analyzes proposals to address Social Security’s financial challenges.

Policy Paper

Retirement for the AGES

Public Policy Monograph that introduces the foundational principles needed to examine retirement plans and policy proposals designed to provide a secure and sufficient retirement

Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2013)

Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an annual perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…