Description: The Effect of Medical Technology on Health Care Cost, the Effect of Health Care on Longevity and Vice Versa.

Description: Panel session discussion of how universal access, quality of care, and controlling health care costs are being addressed in Latin American countries.

Description: An interview with Dawn Helwig on developments in the Long Term Care market.

Description: Reasons reinsurance of legacy long-term care insurance is difficult to achieve.

Description: This session discussion is about outside actuarial profession's perspective on health care cost, insurer's role in medical care management, relationships between treatment decisions, available coverage, appropriate use of underwriting and paying for uncompensated care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: Essay suggests reforms of the U.S. health care system to promote financial soundness, broader access, and efficient operations. These reforms require that each participant in the system – individuals, employers, providers, insurers, and government – give a little.

Description: Update on the Long Term Care Section activities, including new council members, research, and educating policymakers, the public, and other industry associations on developments in health care regulation.

Description: Stories about the good that LTC policies do for some insured.

Description: Presenter examines federal and state efforts at parity in the area of mental health insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 This session covered issues related to insurance via the Internet, specifically: · Sales-to-date and projected sales for life, annuities, and property and casualty · Marketing approaches used · Underwriting process and fulfillment · Lead generation versus direct sales · Product and pricing implications · Lessons learned-to-date The panel of experts offers perspectives on the various ways the industry is utilizing the Internet and what we can expect to see in the future. Mr. Todd Erkis: I'm a life and annuity actuary from PricewaterhouseCoopers.