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: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Examines benefit plan design dynamics, including FAS 106 impacts, involved in Medicare retiree plans by discussing some typical examples.

Description: This presentation from Session 99PD of the SOA 1999 Seattle Spring Meeting is about the data sources and advice used by the Health Care Financing Administration in choosing the assumptions used for projecting Medicare costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This paper provides an outline of three potential initiatives that may be undertaken by the government and the private sector. The first initiative aims at reducing the cost of health care at the provider level. The second initiative provides a means to improve the quality of health care. The third initiative creates a constructive basis for identifying medical best practices to enhance quality.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Potential liability, Design techniques for controlling liability, Effect of inflation, Effect of medicare change, Financial accounting requirements, Funding vehicles and methods.

Description: This study used commercial data held by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) and Medicare fee-for-service data to analyze health care cost differences by age and their contribution to overall health care cost change. The commercial data includes claims from 2002 through 2010 and the Medicare data includes claims from 2006 through 2010.

Description: In 2003, the Society of Actuaries' Board of Governors approved a redesign of the education and examination system. Since that time, considerable progress has been made with regard to implementation. This presentation from Session 84 of the SOA May 2004 Anaheim Spring Meeting gives the attendees a review of the proposal, progress made to date, and implications for actuarial education and training programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss several factors impacting the pricing and design of health products. Topics include the recession, managed care, defined-contribution plans, employer perspective and provider pricing power. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 81

Description: Panelists discuss different aspects of self-selection among Medicare options. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss what they are seeing in today's market in respect to HMO group products offered to employers alongside their individual Medicare product. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.