Description: There has been a proliferation of proposals to expand access to public health insurance plans, either to strengthen insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or to replace the ACA marketplaces or other health insurance programs altogether. These proposals range from creating a public plan that would operate alongside private plans in the ACA marketplaces, to allowing individuals to buy into Medicare or Medicaid, to expanding Medicare to all. The terms used to describe these various options are often used interchangeably but they would be structured differently and have different impacts depending on the implementation details. Panelists at this session will discuss the general approaches for expanding access to public plans and their potential implications.

Description: This is a panel discussion about the future of health care and health care insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 58

Description: This paper discusses the insurance plan titled, Connecticut 65 Extended Health Insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, No. 37.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting reviews capitation arrangements in health insurance, the reasons for capitating providers, capitation formulas, cost reduction strategies and the role of the actuary in evaluating experience for capitation. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: Article describes how Medicare Medical Savings Plans work and why they would be attractive option for insurance companies.

Description: Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.

Description: This article discusses Medical Savings Accounts MSA as proposed in federal legislation and the problems that actuaries will face in predicting their use.

Description: In this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting, panelists discuss how managed care dental programs work, the actuarial issues, quality issues, and the perspective of the dentist.

Description: In light of nonprofit health insuring organizations converting from nonprofit to for profit status and with the flurry of health maintenance organization M&A activity, this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting addresses actuarial techniques used to measure 'value' and the issues surrounding such valuation.

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.