Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3, that discusses rising health care costs and the challenge it is to actuaries to study the numerous causes and to devise practical means for modifying their effects.

Description: The purpose of this document is to inform the user of the 2021 Health Care Cost Model about the sources of data, other reports, and assumptions which were used to populate this report and drive some of the key considerations.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about health care trend including current experience, measurement techniques and problems, uses of trend projections, and other considerations such as the impact of selection and the impact of initial and renewal underwriting practices. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: In this presentation, Richard D. Lamm, former Governor of Colorado and currently Director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the University of Denver, talks about the increasing costs of health care and why the miracles of American medicine have simply outpaced our ability to pay. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about PPOs- what they are, how they fit into the current managed care environment, how they fit into different markets, what products they compete against, their effectiveness at controlling medical costs, their effectiveness at meeting employer needs, and what to expect in the future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about what employers can do to reduce medical cost including setting financial goals, adjusting benefit levels, adjusting contribution levels and adding wellness incentives. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

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: In this paper, we shine a light on the global public health epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV). This first paper presents background information on the problem with a focus on health and economic impacts for the actuarial audience

Description: The momentum in value-based care has produced an opportunity for actuaries to become pioneers in health care

Description: This article is about the cost-benefit relationship of advances in longevity and taking personal responsibility for one's own wellness.