Description: Since health care reform has made accountable care organizations a hot topic, an SOA workgroup is addressing relevant questions, including provider risk under various ACO models, limitations of the Medicare model for motivating change in the health care delivery system, strategic priorities, attribution of members, meaurement, and the roles actuaries can play.

Description: In this panel discussion from a 1963 SOA meeting, operations under the Keogh Act were explored. The act provides a method under which funds deposited in qualified retirement plans can grow and appreciate income-tax free and under which taxable income can be deferred. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2.

Description: This is a discussion of the medical loss ratio, the confusion and debate over the calculation method under the new MLR requirement, and the opportunities it presents to consulting actuaries.

Description: This is the first report in a series on the current state and future opportunity of the retirement market in China. This report, edition one of the series, summarizes the significant outcomes from the study. Also included in this edition is a retirement forecast outlining the drivers of change for China’s retirement market and the resulting opportunities.

Description: This paper presents the results of an investigation of the remarriage experience of a sizable group of Canadian widows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: The US healthcare system before and after Obamacare – better or worse and what's next?

Description: A discussion of the impact of the June, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Medicaid expansion and the financial impications for states.

Description: The SOA Actuary of the Future section offers Passing of the Torch, an interview-based project that highlights the personal stories of seasoned actuaries.