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Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Social Security: Benefit Adjustments

Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Staff
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 07/29/2013
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Actuaries: Living Longer + Lack of Lifetime Income = Risky Business

WASHINGTON – June 19, 2013 – Actuarial projections show Americans living longer, but if they are truly to enjoy their retirement years, they need to look differently at their lifetime…
Date Published: 06/19/2013
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Date Published: 06/14/2013
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No more Social Security at 62?

Bankrate.com
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 06/02/2013
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Actuaries: 30 Years Later, It’s Time Again to Raise the Age for Full Social Security Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – May 23, 2013 – A generation ago, the 1983 Social Security Amendments, a bipartisan accord, was adopted to keep Social Security solvent by, among other things, raising the…
Date Published: 05/23/2013
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Saving Social Security: Why New Proposals Are Drawing Fire

Knowledge@Wharton
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 04/24/2013
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Date Published: 04/13/2013
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News Release: Actuaries Respond to President Obama’s Proposed Budget

WASHINGTON – April 11, 2013 – As policy makers debate changes to Social Security and Medicare in the 2014 federal budget proposed by President Obama, the nation’s actuaries urge them to…
Date Published: 04/11/2013
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News Release: Actuaries: Let Defined-Benefit Plans Raise Retirement Age to Align with Social Security

WASHINGTON – March 7, 2013 – Raising the maximum allowable normal retirement age in defined-benefit retirement plans would align U.S. pension policy more closely with Social…
Date Published: 03/07/2013
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Related Resources

Election 2004: A Guide to Analyzing the Issues – The Questions Candidates Should Answer about…Social Security Reform

Social Insurance Committee 2004 election guide on “The Questions Candidates Should Answer About … Social Security Reform.”
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 03/01/2004
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Issue Brief

Social Adequacy and Individual Equity in Social Security

Social Security Committee issue brief examining social adequacy and individual equity in Social Security (updates a 1998 issue brief.)
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 01/01/2004
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Issue Brief

Social Adequacy and Individual Equity in Social Security (January 2004, updates a 1998 issue brief)

Social Adequacy and Individual Equity in Social Security (January 2004, updates a 1998 issue brief)  
Date Published: 01/01/2004
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Comment / Letter

Comments to Social Security Trustees on Recommendation for Measuring Unfunded Obligations

Social Insurance Committee letter to the Social Security trustees about a technical panel recommendation on measuring unfunded obligations
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 12/19/2003
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Social Security Individual Accounts: Design Questions

Social Insurance Committee issue brief that examines the issues that policymakers would need to address if they were to create an individual account program for Social Security.
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 10/01/2003
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Draft of IAA Guidelines for Social Security Programs

Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee letter to the Social Security Committee of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) regarding draft IAA guidelines of actuarial practice for social security…
Date Published: 10/07/2002
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Draft of IAA Guidelines for Social Security Programs

Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee letter to the Social Security Committee of the International Actuarial Association (IAA) regarding draft IAA guidelines of actuarial practice for social security…
Date Published: 10/07/2002
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Comments to IAA on Proposed Guidelines for Social Security Programs

Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee letter to the International Actuarial Association (IAA) regarding draft IAA guidelines of actuarial practice for social security programs
Date Published: 09/27/2002
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Comment / Letter

Comments to IAA on Proposed Guidelines for Social Security Programs

Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee letter to the International Actuarial Association (IAA) regarding draft IAA guidelines of actuarial practice for social security programs
Date Published: 09/27/2002
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Issue Brief

Quantitative Measures for Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals

Social Security Committee issue brief examining quantitative measures for evaluating Social Security reform proposals.
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 04/01/2002
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