Description: This session discussion is about state-mandated health benefits. Who should decide and who should pay? The basis of making decisions, effect on insurance rates, impact on self-insurance, legislative process and timing of savings. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: Presented at the Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. In India, the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases has been increasing tremendously. This spurt of diseases and the resultant morbidity is severely affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The problem is compounded by a medical and health care infrastructure which is inadequate to meet the challenge. This paper analyzes and estimates, using actuarial tools, the effect on the economy with particular focus on the present and future elderly segment of the population, identifies opportunities for insurers to address the situation, and suggests remedial measures to deal with the situation. Medico-actuarial studies in this area will also be covered.

Description: Article compares HMOs to other one stop non-health corporations that have gone away and states still in existance only due to forced government regulation, Issue No. 39.

Description: New and ongoing health projects at the Academy. From Health Watch, May 2008, Issue NO. 58

Description: This session discussion is about Aids and pricing, underwriting, contract limits, claim reserves, current experience, modeling, and future outlook. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about AIDS: Experience, trends and projections, medical and disability points of view, pricing, underwriting and epidemiologic implications and results of survey on current practices. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: To develop a systematic strategy to identify and predict the financial impacts on pharmaceuticals, physician fees, inpatient services, and outpatient services.

Description: This project shows how to use agent-based models to simulate the behaviors of agents in complex health systems.

Description: This session discussion is about development of medical cost estimates, differences between indemnity and HMO techniques, relationship of premiums and capitations, HMO organizational structures, experience rating, community rating and community rating by class. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: This session provides updates on pharmacy topics, including anticipating drug cost and utilization trend, developments in benefit design, specialty pharmacy, the pharmaceutical manufacturer perspective on drug costs and the evolution of pharmacy benefit managers. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 96