Description: This session discussion is about the effect of changes in medical practices and technology, effect of cost shifting, measurement and analysis and employers' perspective. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: This session will address the increased cases of managed care in Medicaid states. This will include some indication of how utilization patterns differ for those populations versus commercial populations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: Panelists discuss the various managed-care alternatives as well as ways to evaluate their effectiveness. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting focuses on the polictical landscape with respect to health care issues including Medicare, prescription drug coverage, the concept of a patient's 'bill of rights', and other health care reform ideas.

Description: This session discussion is about overview of current trend experience, techniques of applying trends in rating, risk aspects of different trending methods, and implications of trend cycles for surplus requirements. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session is about President Clinton's health care reform proposal. Topics discussed include: federal debate & the actuarial role, cost estimates, and actuarial issues contained in the proposal. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4A.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 1989 Chicago Spring Meeting discusses managing ambulatory care [i.e. outpatient], physician visit frequency, multiple testing, defensive medicine and how physicians function in a manged care environment.

Description: Panelists discuss the various styles of underwriting being used in both the individual and the group long-term-care markets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. The panel presents the status of recent legislative proposals and current election debates, and then focuses more attention on the potential longer-term directions for the health-care system.

Description: This session discusses how managed care affects the cost and pricing of health care. Included is a discussion of inadequate development and use of practice standards practicing differently for patients covered by different insurers and the malpractice crisis. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 59