Description: This session discussion is about health care trends including current experience, measurement problems, effect of selection, and variation by size of group. Also discussed is the new Medicare RBRVS physician fee schedule, anticipated cost shifting, and AIDS. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1990 Vol. 16, No. 4A.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about health care trend including current experience, measurement techniques and problems, uses of trend projections, and other considerations such as the impact of selection and the impact of initial and renewal underwriting practices. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, 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 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 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: 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: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about elements of long-term care - provider, patients, financing - problems that must be overcome to insure long-term care, managed care solution, practical considerations in offering long-term care policy.

Description: This is a 1992 panel discussion about health care reform. Topics discussed include the political environment on health care reform, how and why this environment has changed, the policy options for health care reform, how the political parties view these options, and the prospects for reform in the reasonably near future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This session discussion is about current claim experience,variations by block of business & product, problems in determining claim experience and effect of selection on experience in health care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.