Description: Key Health Issues for 2003, as identified by the Health Benefit Systems Practice Advancement Committee HBSPAC and the Health Section Council HSC of the Society of Actuaries, which will have their top priority attention.

Description: The article discusses the sustainability of the ACA individual market from a public entitlement standpoint. A key point of measuring sustainability is the reliance on market forces rather than federal budget constraints. The article explains why an actuarial viewpoint of sustainability is necessary to a greater extent than other public assistance and social insurance programs. The article challenges actuaries to be a bold, objective voice in a space that is full of opinionated but often uninformed viewpoints.

Description: This is a guide to underwriting literature which covers a broad range of underwriting issues and the actuary's role in underwriting.

Description: This article introduces a research report that studied the relationship of nontraditional variables with health costs.

Description: Letter from the Editor

Description: An update on HMO market trends and reinsurance products, and services supporting them.

Description: This article provides the perspective of the Health Section's chairperson on Section activities, educational programs and the US healthcare environment.

Description: Review of 2015 from perspective of the Health Section

Description: Interviews with several actuaries who are subject matter experts in the health field to get their perspectives on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Description: Discussion of the impact of the ACA on RBS and required surplus for a health plan