Description: Discussion of state medicaid expansion due to provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Description: Two Medicare risk funding provisions that were radically changed by the BBA of 1997 funding variations by geographic area and risk adjustment. Issue No. 36

Description: This article is about the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. This Act revises the Medicare landscape by the creation of Part C - Medicare+Choice, Medical Savings Accounts, payment reforms.

Description: The panel offers a recap of the most recent initiatives being proposed for reform of the Medicare program. Items addressed include areas of actuarial concern, potential impacts on the insurance industry and responses initiated by the actuarial profession. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 48

Description: This session discusses the key issues in the Medicare reform debate and the direction of future change. Topics include Medicare + Choice and the employer perspective. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 5pd.

Description: This presentation included discussions on AAA Medicare Reform Task Force, the 2000 Medicare Technical Advisory Panel's review of HCFA's Medicare projections, and prescription drug coverage. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 7

Description: Conditions and required solvency standards of federal waiver to PSOs to provide Medicare+Choice products. Effect on providers, beneficiaries and employers. Issue No. 36

Description: This session disscusses thel outlook of the Medicare program, current and longer-term reform proposals, and Medicare prescription drug proposals. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 66

Description: An overview of the Medicare Supplement landscape and the critical factors for successfully pricing and managing this product line amidst the challenges that exist.