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  • Free Market Fix
    Free Market Fix Essay suggesting to fix the tax code, reform healthcare regulations, open the industry to competition and reform malpractice litigation. Health care costs;Health ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Slater
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • To Be Continued - An Overview Of The Health Care Delivery System
    To Be Continued - An Overview Of The Health Care Delivery System This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the ...

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    • Authors: Frank E Finkenberg
    • Date: Feb 1978
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare
  • A Comparison Between the ACA Exchange and Medicare Risk Adjustment Programs
    A Comparison Between the ACA Exchange and Medicare Risk Adjustment Programs Risk adjustment is used to adjust the revenue stream to health insurers that sell ACA eligible plans and Medicare ...

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    • Authors: Kurt Wrobel
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Harnessing The Forces of Markets and Innovation
    Harnessing The Forces of Markets and Innovation This paper discusses the quality of healthcare verses the price of healthcare and puruses individuals and doctors making decisions for their own ...

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    • Authors: Ian G Duncan
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System – e-book of essays
    Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System – e-book of essays A glossary of terms. Antiselection;Cancer;Coinsurance;Health insurance;Medicaid;Medical expenses;Medicare;Portability; ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Long-term Care>Medical expenses; Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Coinsurance; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • The Health Care Crisis in the United States: My Vision for a Better Future
    The Health Care Crisis in the United States: My Vision for a Better Future While there are many issues in healthcare, the single most significant issue is cost, both in terms of the cost today ...

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    • Authors: William Lane
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Health Reform - A Proposal
    Health Reform - A Proposal Essay reforming healthcare where participants have a vested interest in reaching the best answer. Cancer;Diabetes;Employee contributions;Employer contributions;Health ...

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    • Authors: Timothy Luedtke
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Compliance; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Underwriting - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Whole life; Long-term Care>Medical expenses; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare; Social Insurance>Social Security; Health & Disability>Electronic medical record
  • Rationing Health Care
    Rationing Health Care This session is about rationing health care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4A. Budgets;Government-funded healthcare;Health care costs;Health care ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Benesh, Howard Kurpit, Janet Carstens, Martin Gaynor, John B Crosby
    • Date: Oct 1992
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Public Policy; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid
  • Health and Long-Term Care Regulatory Update
    Health and Long-Term Care Regulatory Update Panelists discuss emerging valuation-actuary-related issues, including: [1] for long-term-care insurance [LTCI], reserves, risk-based capital [RBC], ...

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    • Authors: Allen J Schmitz, Rowen Bell
    • Date: Jan 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • U.S. Health Care - Where to Look for Reform
    U.S. Health Care - Where to Look for Reform Essay discussing cost, quality and access of healthcare and then describes the need for rationing. Bankruptcy;Health care costs;Health care quality; ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare