Description: Discusses the financial impact upon the medical plans for group policyholders, caused by the requirement to continue within the group plan employees and their dependents who become ineligible under the regular eligibility provisions.

Description: This article explores the trend in mergers and acquisitions among health insurance providers including the rationale for the recent increase in activity.

Description: Discusses hazardous wastes and attempts to increase awareness of the enormous impact on the health insurance industry.

Description: This article is about a paper on group medical area factors. From The Actuary Vol. 26, No. 8

Description: A discussion of funding arrangements that can reduce the costs of providing medical coverage through lower reserves or state tax savings, instead of through cutting benefits.

Description: Discussion of developments with regards to addressing major medical care needs since 1959, including the passage of Medicare.

Description: In this article, the author, reflecting upon his own experiences, discusses why meaningful individual health insurance, unlike other lines of individual coverage, is generally not offered by insurers to individuals with long-term needs.

Description: This article discusses of the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program. Specifically addressed were the flexible features, the political environment and changes being considered.

Description: Synopsis of the report of the SOA Medical Effectiveness Task Force, which discusses the concept of health plan performance measurement and the contribution actuaries can make to this.

Description: Article from The Actuary January 1993 Volume 27, No. 1 highlights solvency measures and what happens if they don't work. Includes discussion on US guaranty association and Canadian CompCorp.