Description: This session is geared to give participants a keener insight into the post September 11 factors underlying health care cost trends and how others in the industry view the future of health care costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 4

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists debate on who should pay for medical care for the uninsured, and how it should be financed. The debaters represent advocates of private, voluntary, and cooperative private state solutions and state or government intervention to finance health care for the uninsured. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session discussed Managing The Delivery Of Health Care To Control Medical Costs. Includes organizational & marketing strategies, rate strategies, selection issues, plan design, and regulation. Record of Society of Actuaries 1983 Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: David Dranove, the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University, Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management speaks on the topic, “From Marcus Welby to Managed Care.” From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 18

Description: Attendees learn the major issues on both sides of the single-payer health care issue. They learn the challenges associated with a massive conversion of our health care system and explore the economic impact of such changes. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 110

Description: Panelist discuss issues relating to new medical technologies and how these are going to affect the practice of medicine, the delivery of care, the costs of care, the insuring of care, claims handling, utilization, and cost management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: Our panelists discuss mechanisms to measure affordability, reducing costs through product design and other responses by plans, employers & providers. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 82

Description: This session discussed misc Health Section issues including trends in individual accident & health insurance, increases in health care costs, DRG payments, art & science of anticipation, health care cost containment, HMOs and PPOs. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1983 Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: This session summarizes recent trends in behavioral health parity, pros and cons of parity, the impact of mandated benefits on near-term medical costs and methods to effectively manage mental health utilization. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 81

Description: This session examines how technology, managed care and other changes are affecting health-care cost trends. The panel presents analyses of cost trends experienced over the last decade and contrasts those with historical trends. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 81