Current and Emerging Challenges in Retirement Security

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Washington, DC on December 13, 2004. Major topics of this presentation include: (1) U.S. elderly dependency ratio, (2) U.S. labor force growth, (3) private pension system, (4) health care reform, and (5) key elements for economic security in retirement.