Description: This session will review the challenges the Affordable Care Act has faced since its enactment in 2010 and will look forward to where it’s headed in the future. Panelists will discuss current ACA legislative and regulatory activities as well as ongoing ACA litigation.

Description: Conditions and required solvency standards of federal waiver to PSOs to provide Medicare+Choice products. Effect on providers, beneficiaries and employers. Issue No. 36

Description: An article that talks about discussions between administration policy makers and American Academy of Actuaries representatives.

Description: This essay discusses the long overdue effciencies that would improve the quality of healthcare in the United States.

Description: Insurance commissioners and/or deputy commissioners will discuss a variety of current topics including health care reform, risks in the major medical markets, voluntary products and other topics. At the conclusion of the session, attendees will be able to identify issues that are on the mind of the regulatory agencies and the different approaches used across the country.

Description: This article discusses whether the health insurance is affordable given average income levels in the US.

Description: An article discussing Canadian Medicare as a guide for American Healthcare reform.

Description: This article points out actuarial issues surrounding provisions in the ACA that impact financial reporting.

Description: This presentation uses a dataset provided by a private insurance company which contained demographic, cost, and diagnostic data which allows the determination of which factors drove costs up and how these factors will affect the total cost for future years.

Description: An article that provides an actuary's opinion of why health insurance reform will work and believes that Congress should use insurance reform as the cornerstone for successful legislation.