Description: A listing of articles on managed care and health care issues.

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

Description: This is the second installment of an article about using microeconomics and the concepts of embedded value to better manage and understand the profitability of direct marketing programs.

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.

Description: This article is about how actuarial services can be applied to life care retirement communities.

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: Short-term Care insurance provides consumers with an alternative option for financing the costs of medical care due to a short-term disability or post-acute care. This article provides an overview of the current Short-term Care market and compares some of the key benefit features to those found in Long-term Care products that are available today.

Description: An Editorial regarding Health care reform and actuarial malpractice. The author cites three elements of health care reform as areas where caution is advised: solvency, risk adjustment, and pricing.

Description: Presenter discusses issues related to alternative care, as well as SOA activity in regard to alternative care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.