Description: Essay stating accessibility, affordability and efficiency are the key to success in the future of healthcare.

Description: How benchmarking actual performance to a published source is a useful tool in assessing the value added by a particular program or MCO, Issue No. 38.

Description: Relative to group medical plans, discusses: recognition given to effect on morbidity of various demographic factors, consideration given to inflation in making rate guarantees, consideration given to group size, and underwriting transfer cases.

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: The Brazilian private health care market ended 2010 with US $48 billion worth of premium. This already makes it Latin America’s largest health care market and sixth in the world ranking. This article provides information on the market and opportunity for growth.

Description: This article discusses the potential characteristics of health care reform and the associated impact on small insurance companies.

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

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: Health Care in Ireland public care, private insurance, risk adjustment Issue No. 39.