Description: Panelists discuss opportunities to improve medical cost trends through underwriting, healthcare benefit designs, contracting, network management, claims operations, and medical management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 40

Description: Why and how to set up an advance directive, in case a health event renders you unable to make your own medical to decisions.

Description: Feature article discussing the growing opportunities for actuaries in the health wellness arena.

Description: To identify and quantify the U.S. healthcare insurance disruptors within a five-year horizon.

Description: The Effect of Medical Technology on Health Care Cost, the Effect of Health Care on Longevity and Vice Versa.

Description: Because of increasing longevity in the world's population, a larger proportion of people will live long enough to develop chronic diseases. Because of their large numbers and extent of their individual expenses, the public sector will need to intervene to help these patients and their families. From Financing Chronic Care Monograph, M-HB05-1.

Description: This paper offers basic, economic and actuarial ideas to improve the balance of cost, access to treatment and quality over time.

Description: Essay recommending establishing a consistent and actuarially sound foundation for assessing the costs and benefits of each and every current and new Medicare or other healthcare proposal.

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

Description: SOA’s recently completed research project related to long term projects of health care cost trends for use in post retirement medical valuations.