Description: At this presentation from Session 6PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting, the panelists discuss the role of the valuation actuary in health insurance. The focus of the session is scenario testing in health insurance and how this is a tool in assessing the risks of the company. Statutory minimums and statements of opinion are discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses national health policy issues in the U.S. and the impact of these issues on the private health insurance business. Issues include health insurance for the unemployed, non-paying patients and cost shifting, competition versus regulation and DRG prospective pricing for Medicare.

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Description: Discussion of recent laws and regulatory changes that have provided Medicare Advantage plans greater flexibility in benefit offerings and plan designs.

Description: This article provides a brief summary of the health insurance bill introduced in the New York legislature on February 22, 1967 which proposes mandatory heath insurance.

Description: The Joint Committee on Health Insurance appointed a subcommittee, known as Task Force 4, to study the problems of reserves for accident and health insurance. The final report of the Task Force, including basic tables of net annual claim costs for hospital and surgical expense insurance, was adopted by the NAIC at its December 1956 meeting. This article contains the Task Force's final report [included as Appendix A] and 30 Tables for use in valuing hospital and surgical expense insurance in accordance with the recommendations of Task Force 4. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 25.

Description: Social Insurance & Public Finance Section council members provide a recap of sessions from the 2021 SOA Health Meeting, with a focus on sessions covering Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, and public policy. The authors include a description of SIPF Section-sponsored sections, including a session on the ACA and a session on CMS's Direct Contracting Model.

Description: This is Part 2 of 2 on changes affecting Medigap insurers. It focuses on marketing and regulatory differences between Medigap and Medicare Advantage that affect the competitiveness of Medigap plans.

Description: Examines the question of whether health-care costs, or health insurance costs, are in crisis.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss Medicare Supplement insurance issues, including competitive dynamics with Medicare+Choice and Medicare HMOs, rate increase issues, prescription drug coverage and potential changes to benefit structures.