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: 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: 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 marketed health products, distribution methods, and experience. Discussion includes direct response, return of premium, accident, hospital indemnity, hospital income, medicare supplement, nursing home indemnity, long-term care and AIDS. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, 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: 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: Discusses reserve valuation for long-term-care insurance [LTCI]. Includes the NAIC model law, federal tax issues, Valuation Actuary standards, cash-flow testing, and how a current company has gone about setting up its active and claim reserves. Session 4 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session talks about the Long-Term Care Insurance Valuation Task Force report.

Description: This session discusses various techniques for evaluating the success of an existing network as defined by profitability, risk exposure and long-term viability. Topics include network design, provider changes and quality measurement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 92