Description: Provides an overview of developments in the healthcare market including provider billing practices. Provides an overview of the Government Finance Officer’s Association (GFOA) in New York on Dec. 6, 2018

Description: The editorial shares observations and lessons learned from the process of implementing the Affordable Care Act.

Description: Essays show a new system that will encompass minor changes to the current health insurance system, it will allow consumers to sign up for Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan and be administered like Medicare but with more benefits and emphasis on preventive care.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discusses how employers are trying to limit their risks under medical care plans and the implications of such strategies for carriers. This session considered the differences in the economic and random fluctuation risks, and the effectiveness of programs in controlling each.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting discuss the financial implications of managed care for health insurance profitability. Factors that affect profitability for managed care companies and health insurance companies are discussed.

Description: The panel will discuss the growing public sense of urgency to deal with a worsening crisis in the ability of millions of Americans to obtain quality health care that is also affordable. This session focuses on Medicaid issues, the Kennedy bill, and the impact on small businesses to require employers to purchase health insurance for their employees and dependents. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This research report provides an evaluation and synthesis of the methodologies and data samples used on characterizing health care fraud.

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: Discussion of developments with regards to addressing major medical care needs since 1959, including the passage of Medicare.

Description: Essay discussing cost, quality and access of healthcare and then describes the need for rationing.