Description: In this presentation, Richard D. Lamm, former Governor of Colorado and currently Director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the University of Denver, talks about the increasing costs of health care and why the miracles of American medicine have simply outpaced our ability to pay. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This session is about the impact of health-care reform on supplemental health insurance plans such as Medicare Supplement, Hospital, Cancer, etc. The session will also explore new opportunities for supplementary markets and products. Included is a discussion of the CHAMPUS and FEHBP. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation from Session 8L of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting is about analyzing the effectiveness of health care measures as reported by managed care organizations. The discussion focuses on HEDIS, a standardized definition for producing health plan report cards, primarily aimed at health maintenance organizations [HMOs]. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This presentation from Session 86PD of the SOA 1996 Orlando Annual Meeting provides the physician perspective on ethical questions resulting from utilization review decisions infringing on physician decisions in providing health care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.

Description: Recap of the Health Policy Summit held in honor of Health Affairs’ 25th anniversary.

Description: Update on the SOA Health Section's Public Health Task Force's comment on Health People 2030.

Description: This abstract describes a presentation that reviews the latest AHCA update and its impact on market stability from short-term and long-term points of view.

Description: This keynote address at the SOA 1998 Maui II spring meeting is a physician's outlook on the state of medicine in 1998, and what might be expected to change and not change in the short term and long term future.

Description: The panel examines the forces underlying health plans and health carriers profit performance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 39

Description: Panelists discuss recent developments that may impact health care costs over the next few years, such as: · Trends in research and treatment for various diseases · Advances in diagnoses, therapies, and medications · Various clinical trials From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 73