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: 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.

Description: We propose using premiums and tax revenue to fund high-cost individuals in the Individual ACA market.

Description: Analysis of data from three Medicaid managed care plans examines enrollment and cost trends for newly eligible enrollees under the ACA's Medicaid expansion.

Description: This is a teaching session discussing periodic health examination and executive health profiling. From Record of the SOA 1976 Vol. 2 No. 4

Description: Approaches to filing, approving and implementing LTC rate increases impact policyholder behavior regarding retaining/modifying their coverage.

Description: Update on Health Section activities 2012-2013.

Description: There are three parts to this article: 1. An overview of the demographics and method of supply of LTC 2. A review of the ongoing debate on the role of public funding, and 3. A summary of the insurance industry’s response

Description: At the 2012 ILTCI Conference in Las Vegas, a group of Long-term Care Industry professionals decided we wanted to do something a little bit different. We wanted the audience of our session, "Underwriting and Claims: From the Outside Looking In", to hear from the people who matter most to the LTC industry………our constituents. And we wanted the audience to have the opportunity to discuss issues with these constituents in an open, upfront format.

Description: A report on the proceedings of the June 2010 SOA health meeting. Leading topics included health care reform, opportunities to expand actuaries' roles, the global financial crisis, and collaboration with other organizations.