Medicare Expansion
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zation for actuaries of all specialties within the United States. The Academy is nonpartisan and assists the public po l i cy p rocess by providing indepe n d e n t, a ct u a rial information to elected officials and regulators. This issue brief is intended to bring the actuarial perspective into the public discussion of the issues and was pre p a red by the Academy Work Group on Medicare Expansion: Thomas F. Wildsmith,FSA,MAAA; William F.Bluhm,FCA,FSA,MAAA; Vincent L. Bodnar, ASA,MAAA; Alan D. Ford, EA,FSA,MAAA; P. Anthony Hammond, ASA,MAAA; Donna C. Novak, ASA, MAAA; John J. Schubert, ASA, FCA, MAAA; and George B. Wagoner, FSA,FCA,MAAA.
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