Description: This 1978 session focused on regulatory considerations in Group Health Insurance focused on the following questions: 1. What is the impact of National Health Insurance and Federal Hospital Cost Control? 2. What is the impact of non-discrimination legislation and regulation? 3. What is the impact of recent OASDI financing changes and changes in mandatory retirement age? 4. What is the future of multi-employer trusts and self-insurance?

Description: The panel will discuss the growing public sense of urgency to deal with a worsening crisis in the ability of millions of Americans to obtain quality health care that is also affordable. This session focuses on Medicaid issues, the Kennedy bill, and the impact on small businesses to require employers to purchase health insurance for their employees and dependents. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.