Description: This table shows the results of an attribution of the major contributing factors to the rate of mortality improvement in cardiovascular disease between 1980 and 2000.

Description: Synopsis of Issue Brief prepared by Tax Work Group of the Academy-LTD Claim Reserve Assumption Basis: Use of date of incurral/date of issue of original policy.

Description: Implications of Consumer-Driven Health Care to consumers, employers and providers Issue No. 37.

Description: The process of setting initial and renewal premium rates for small group medical block of business using risk characteristics. Presents three pricing schemes and compares profitability Following the Curve, Lowest Best Rate and Highest Worst Rate.

Description: Statement that the SOA has formed a task force to address the morbidity tables used for minimum reserves of individual and group health insurance contracts. Issue No. 35.

Description: What’s New in Disease Management Medicare Modernization Act, certification of DM outcomes, DM publications. Issue No. 48

Description: This article is an overview of preliminary research on HSAs and Account-Based Health Plans. The summary reviews enrollment, health status, premiums and account information. From Health Watch Newsletter, September 2006, Issue No. 53.

Description: This article provides an introduction to comparative health policy for developed, developing and third-world countries. From Health Watch News, September 2006, Issue No. 53.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the Georgia Uninsured Working Group and their recommendations on solutions for the uninsured in Georgia through new HRA/HSA laws. Issue No. 59

Description: This article relates the health insurance industry to baseball retain & grow business while making a profit, competition, additional product offerings, evaluating risks. Issue No. 59