Description: Shannon Brownlee shares her perspectives on the current health care crisis, including: inconsistent treatment patterns across providers and geographic regions, providers lacking evidence-based guidelines, the need for better independent clinical research to establish those guidelines, and the limits to consumerism's potential to fix the crisis.

Description: An edited written interview with two actuaries and a public health professional on issues related to the intersection between the two fields.

Description: Statement of the American Council of Life Insurers on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in the Financial Services Sector before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Financial Services Committee of the United States Congress, June 29, 2006

Description: The number of uninsured people in the United States has grown to over 40 million. Many possible solutions have been considered at both the federal and state levels to help alleviate the size and growth of the uninsured population. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 73PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Open meeting of the Society's Health Benefit Systems Practice Advancement Committee and Health Section Council, as well as the American Academy of Actuaries' Health Practice Council. The three committees review ongoing projects in the Health Practice area. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: An overview of the issues behind reimbursing providers on a bundled or packaged basis. The article presents the potential advantages offered by the proponents as well as the criticisms and obstacles to implementing this type of payment system.

Description: A list of acronyms for the names of the agencies, unions, and other organizations and entities involved in the French social insurance, health policy, and long-term care environment.

Description: This article talks about the challenges facing the FDA, especially those arising from the globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Description: The Health Section chairperson discusses the past year's activity, especially the Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System essay contest, and an update on the Untapped Opportunities for Actuaries in Health initiative.

Description: An economics professor and a health care consumer advocate weigh in on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including implementation issues, directions for the future and what role actuaries shoudl take.