Description: The author outlines the Academy's analysis of Clinton health care premiums, standard benefits, mental health benefits.

Description: A summary of the 14th Monograph “Health Risk Assessment and Health Risk Adjustment: Current Initiatives” published by The American Academy of Actuaries.'The monograph examines the approaches of two states, New York and California, in implementing or considering risk adjustment provisions in recent legislative reforms.'

Description: This article summarizes 2012 AAA activities relating to the Affordable Care Act implementation, including work on the Amicus Brief for the Supreme Court Decision, MLR regulations, Actuarial Value, Rate Review, Essential Health Benefits and work with the NAIC.

Description: Mental health spending has reached $147 billion in the United States with demand only increasing greatly impacting society as nearly 1 in 5 experience these issues. There are even more indirect costs associated with mental health causing a national crisis surpassing 1 percent of the GDP. These costs coupled with the severe lack of licensed clinicians calls for an innovative solution. Through years of development and completion of a randomized controlled trial, Prevail has built and validated a low-cost, scalable solution. Prevail's clinically proven digital mental health treatment provides increased access to care while reducing overall health costs. Private and public payors should being reimbursing this model and offering it to their members.

Description: Comparison of Healthy Michigan and Healthy Indiana Plan Medicaid expansion programs.

Description: This session is about the details of the inception and implementation of the Oregon Health Plan. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: The article is a case study of various actuarial concepts invovled in the design and implementtion of the AQC - a global budget provider payment arrangement implemented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA.

Description: Part II of a two-part series discussing individual market evolution from before the ACA through President Trump's first term.

Description: This article is focused on sustainability concerns in the ACA individual markets and what we can learn from core actuarial principles as discussed in ASOPs.

Description: This article is about individual insurance policy. HIPAA and COBRA allows someone who has lost access to employer-based insurance to purchase an individual insurance policy. HIPAA has been approval in 49 states. From The Actuary Vol. 31, No. 9