Description: This article provides an overview of behavioral economic theory as it relates to health and welfare insurance plans and provides summaries of two sample applications of the theories: enrollment in health insurance exchanges created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and product design considerations in light of vast health illiteracy.

Description: Evaluating the success of Disease Management Programs by looking at ROI and the risk management economic model. Issue No. 46.

Description: An edited written interview with two actuaries and a public health professional on issues related to the intersection between the two fields.

Description: ACA risk adjustment is intended to "bridge the gap" between allowed rates and actuarial rates. If risk adjustment methodology is not bridging that gap & becomes an additional input to pricing formulae, it is not serving its intended purpose.

Description: News from the American Academy of Actuaries

Description: Highlights of health related articles from the North American Actuarial Journal. A paper on health care reform and efficiency is published in a recent issue of the NAAJ.

Description: Overview of a benefit rush and its effects on companies.

Description: New and ongoing health projects at the Academy. From Health Watch, May 2008, Issue NO. 58

Description: This article outlines what the author learned from the Sixth Annual Quality Colloquium at Harvard. From Health Watch, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: This article looks at the Return on Investment for Disease Management and highlights point to consider. From Health Watch Newsletter, May 2006, Issue No. 52.