Description: This article is the first in a four-part series about what actuaries see as ideal components of a health care reform package. This part covers health care reform ideas explored at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries’ CCA 2009 Annual Meeting in Tucson, Ariz.

Description: This session is about rationing health care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4A.

Description: This article discusses the use of parametric distributions to model health care cost.

Description: New developments in long term care reinsurance.

Description: Article presents arguements for actuarial involvement to facilitate use of pharmaceutical research within managed care organizations MCO. Issue No. 44.

Description: In this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting, panelists discuss how managed care dental programs work, the actuarial issues, quality issues, and the perspective of the dentist.

Description: This year’s Survey, its sixth year, further reflects the impact of health care reform and the resulting prevalence of unlimited lifetime maximums on stop loss coverage. Of surveyed plans, 88% report such coverage –a steep increase from 13% in 2010. About half pair an unlimited lifetime with an interim annual maximum of $5 million or less. Premiums continue to rise (to no surprise)and are 60% to 70% higher than levels reported in our initial Survey in 2007. The primary focus of the Survey, current premium rates, is shown in the following graphs and tables.

Description: Implications of Consumer-Driven Health Care to consumers, employers and providers Issue No. 37.

Description: presentations on French on US LTCI

Description: A brief overview of the continuing care at home model which offers life care contracts for older adults who prefer to age in their homes for as long as possible but want the security that a retirement community offers.