Description: This panel will review the current status of the long-term-care marketplace with respect to non-forfeiture requirements and product design issues. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session discusses rising health care costs and availability of coverage. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1982, Volume 8, No. 1.

Description: The panel examines the forces underlying health plans and health carriers profit performance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 39

Description: In this presentation, Richard D. Lamm, former Governor of Colorado and currently Director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the University of Denver, talks about the increasing costs of health care and why the miracles of American medicine have simply outpaced our ability to pay. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discusses how ratings and rating agencies affect health care insurance and related organizations. Advice is offered on maintaining a good relationship with rating services.

Description: The medical and behavioral health care provider communities have long debated whether high-quality behavioral health care reduces medical costs. This presentation from Session 85PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting reviews past studies relating to medical cost offsets and explores the potential magnitude of such design and delivery of medical and behavioral health care programs to encourage potential health care cost savings and to increase wellness. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discusses current developments in the market for long-term-care insurance including underwriting, regulatory activity, pricing and plan design.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting discuss claims management issues for long term care insurance.

Description: Panelists provide an overview of the current status of the long-term-care insurance industry and discuss growth, regulation changes, rate stabilization, underwriting and claims management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1, Session 62

Description: This session discussed: Relative roles and interdependencies between providers and insurers - traditional and future Risks and financial incentives from the provider perspective Marketplace forces determining trends in inflation and utilization in the health care arena. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 11, No. 1 in San Francisco