Description: This session discussion is about trends and proliferation of medical technology, what will be the impact on cost, what is on the horizon, strategies to contain the utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This panel discussion occurred at the SOA's 1980 June Meeting in San Diego and covered National Health Insurance. It addressed Canadian exprience and related it to potential U.S. National Health Care. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3.

Description: This session is about discrimination issues, dealing with HMOs, effect of cost containment provisions, current cost trend levels, recent trends in benefit design and other current issues. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This discussion is on the availability of utilization and cost experience data for group medical care insurance coverages. Specifically, it highlights the role of the Society of Actuaries in intercompany data collection, employer demands for sophisticated utilization data for comparison by industry and geographic location, sources of industry-wide data, data resource potential of health claims processing by the National Electronic Information Corporation, and antitrust implications. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: This is a transcript of a 1982 meeting of the Health Section. Includes presentation and discussion of three papers: a. Cumulative Anti-selection Theory by William F. Bluhm b. Regulatory Monitoring of Individual Health Insurance Policy Experience by John B. Cummings c. Medical Care and Services in Canada by Frank G. Reynolds From Record Vol. 8, No. 4