Description: This meeting session presented a discussion on the effect of new federal policies as of 1982 on medical insurance. Topics include cost shifting, employers contributions, rebates, vouchers, and provider negotiation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 8, No. 2

Description: Panelists discuss the future of prospective payment in Medicare, sequels to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, the Deficit Reduction Act, COBRA, fallout from the administration's Catastrophic Illness Study, and the evolution of the voucher proposal. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: Panel discussion of prospects for cost containment of, and alternatives to, fee-for-service health care, and management of health care under national health insurance. Discussion points include cost containment devices, HMOs, economic impact, cost escalation, self-insurance, stop-loss, claims administration, loss of state premium taxes, and Phase 3 tax problems under NH1.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists debate on who should pay for medical care for the uninsured, and how it should be financed. The debaters represent advocates of private, voluntary, and cooperative private state solutions and state or government intervention to finance health care for the uninsured. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3B.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses prescription cost trends, factors behind the trends, and cost management strategies for both the commercial and Medicare markets.

Description: Panelists discuss key aspects of recent and pending laws and the cost and design implications on group health plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.