Description: Article from The Actuary September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 that discusses how increasingly keen competition for small-group medical business has caused many carriers to drastically alter their approaches to renewal rating of all-group business.

Description: Article from The Actuary September 1992 – Volume 26, No. 7 is about research papers for FSA credit, specifically mentions The Application of Fuzzy Sets to Group Health Underwriting

Description: This article discusses health care reform in Kentucky. In 1994, Kentucky implemented health care reform measures inspired by the unsuccessful attempt at national health care reform in the Health Security Act of 1993. The measures adopted in Kentucky are described by the author as 'a textbook case of how not to engage in health care reform.' From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: Article Health Insurance in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: Discusses the rise of private health insurance in France as the public program declines in its coverage.

Description: September’s Actuary contained an excellent summary by Drew Davidoff of renewal rating for small group medical business. Among the techniques he describes are age, sex, and area rating, experience rating using credibility, experience rating using tiers, examination of the diagnoses in the claim file, and initial and reentry medical underwriting.

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: This article discusses Medical Savings Accounts MSA as proposed in federal legislation and the problems that actuaries will face in predicting their use.

Description: The editorial shares observations and lessons learned from the process of implementing the Affordable Care Act.

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