Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: In this editorial the author discusses how actuaries can help mitigate the impact of managed care lawsuits. Examples are provided. From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: Read the March 2017 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: This article examines two general approaches to pricing The Forecast Approach and the Rebuilding Approach. The author then supplies the reader with the best approach. From Health Watch Newsletter, March 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: This article takes a comparative review on Medicare and Private Health Insurance and examines the cost of administration. From Health Watch Newsletter, May 2006, Issue No. 52.

Description: The moderator will review senior health products: Medicare supplement, Medicare risk, hospital indemnity policy HIP, cancer, accidental death AD, and employer continuance. Discussion will include product design, pricing, administration, regulation, and marketing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Updated discussion of IRS Proposed Regulations under Section 162(m)(6), their potential impact upon the life insurance industry, and a 2 percent de minimis exception.

Description: This editorial reviews the benefits of managed care, notes the public pressure to relax controls around this system and the expected cost impact of doing so.

Description: Remain a competitor in health insurance with value, knowing the competition, and using external experts Issue No. 37.

Description: This article examines the concept of Actuarial Value, especially as it applies to the Medicare plan of benefits. It discusses the cost-sharing responsibility of Medicare beneficiaries and the means by which they mitigate this risk.