Description: There has been a proliferation of proposals to expand access to public health insurance plans, either to strengthen insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or to replace the ACA marketplaces or other health insurance programs altogether. These proposals range from creating a public plan that would operate alongside private plans in the ACA marketplaces, to allowing individuals to buy into Medicare or Medicaid, to expanding Medicare to all. The terms used to describe these various options are often used interchangeably but they would be structured differently and have different impacts depending on the implementation details. Panelists at this session will discuss the general approaches for expanding access to public plans and their potential implications.

Description: This article exams societal trends that may influence retirement patterns and presented retirement scenarios. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 12

Description: Discusses: Types of medical expense insurance being offered and features, risk management, pricing, and methods of pre-funding retiree benefits.

Description: Medicare Advantage and ACA

Description: This is a panel discussion about the future of health care and health care insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 58

Description: Wrap-up of publication and thank-yous.

Description: The winner's curse, applied to Affordable Care Act plan pricing.

Description: This article compares the Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) market to the commercial individual market exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act. PDP carrier actions to date could help predict certain aspects of the exchange market.

Description: The interview discusses the ACA exchange intiatives program, a strategic project of the SOA focusing on ACA marketplace emerging data and actuarial principles

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