Description: Ian Duncan argues that there is no crisis in American health care.

Description: In April, 2009, the Chinese government launched the most comprehensive Health Care System Reform ever. The goal: to establish and improve the basic health care system covering most urban and rural residents, and to provide the people with safe, effective, convenient and affordable health care. There is no doubt that this 'Made in China' health care reform will become the world’s most extensive health care system reform because it will inevitably affect many players in the game such as the local governments who currently administrate the program, the medical professionals who provide the care, the pharmaceutical manufacturers who provide the medicines, and the very large population who participate in the program, etc. This article summarizes the highlights of China's health care reform program.

Description: This article describes how Long-Term Care riders attached to Life Insurance policies provide real insurance value at a reasonable cost and allow life insurance companies to compete on a basis other than cost.

Description: Panelists discuss emerging valuation-actuary-related issues, including: [1] for long-term-care insurance [LTCI], reserves, risk-based capital [RBC], and new experience forms, [2] for Medicare Part D, several potential future changes, and [3] for health insurance in general, the new Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 85 [SSAP 85] and existing SSAP 84, and current activities of the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB] regarding a definition of 'insurance.' Session 27PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: HR Magazine article quoting Jim Glickman talking about long-term care. Discusses increasing popularity of long term care as an employee benefit and discusses carrier and plan selection.

Description: May 2010 issue of the Long-Term Care Insurance Section newsletter.

Description: Panelists provide an overview of the current status of the long-term-care insurance industry and discuss growth, regulation changes, rate stabilization, underwriting and claims management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1, Session 62

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting discuss claims management issues for long term care insurance.

Description: Article examines consistency across different underwriting manuals for LTCI.

Description: Why health care inflation exceeds the Consumer Price Index CPI due to tax implications. Issue No. 37.