Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1989 Chicago Spring Meeting discuss Health Maintenance Organizaions [HMOs] including their hisotry, the marketplace, physician structures and relationships with HMOs, cost control issues and the future of HMOs.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the results of risk adjuster research in health care assessment and discusses the potential use of risk adjusters in health care reform efforts. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington, DC Annual Meeting presents the risks and rewards of managed Medicaid plans from both the perspective of the managed care organization and the state.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meetings looks at underwriting for small group health plans of at least five lives. Various proposals for improving the small group market are discussed.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about the NAIC and HIAA models, as well as state regulations proposed or adopted to regulate small group underwriting and rate guidelines. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers cost containment in health care costs, cost sharing and cost containment features, underwriting, the use of deductibles or co-payments, different delivery systems and utilization.

Description: Panelists provide their perspectives on current issues in the dental market, such as: · Product development · Experience trends · Competitive marketplace · Future outlook From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 65

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss Congressional proposals for changing Medicare and the Academy's Medicare Reform Task Force report with respect to financial soundness, competition and potential prescription drug benefits.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting discusses issues associated with the development of HMO plans for Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 1986 Chicago Annual Meeting discusses pros, cons and issues for both indemnity Medicare Supplement policies and the recent Health Maintenance Organization Medicare Risk Contracts.