Description: The discussion will review major elements of the reinsurance market as health care reform replaces traditional markets. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This session discusses what will happen to supplemental coverages under health care reform. Topics include traditional group ancillary benefits, health care reform supplements, and traditional individual/group niche products? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This session will review the challenges the Affordable Care Act has faced since its enactment in 2010 and will look forward to where it’s headed in the future. Panelists will discuss current ACA legislative and regulatory activities as well as ongoing ACA litigation.

Description: This presents the results of a May 2010 survey by the Society of Actuaries SOA asking members of the SOA Health Section for their opinions on ways to bend the cost curve in light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ACA, the new health reform law passed in March 2010.

Description: There has been a proliferation of proposals to expand access to public health insurance plans, either to strengthen insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or to replace the ACA marketplaces or other health insurance programs altogether. These proposals range from creating a public plan that would operate alongside private plans in the ACA marketplaces, to allowing individuals to buy into Medicare or Medicaid, to expanding Medicare to all. The terms used to describe these various options are often used interchangeably but they would be structured differently and have different impacts depending on the implementation details. Panelists at this session will discuss the general approaches for expanding access to public plans and their potential implications.

Description: Panelists will discuss and stimulate audience discussion on the potential roles and opportunities for actuaries during and after health care reform. Included is a perspective from Cananda's experience. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3B.

Description: This session making health care more affordable through health care reform, changes to tax policy, and managed care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: At this 1992 panel discussion, the panelists, including Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, discuss health care and comment on some of the health care proposals that are currently on the table, including the Administration's plan for overhauling the health care system. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This is a 1992 panel discussion about health care reform. Topics discussed include the political environment on health care reform, how and why this environment has changed, the policy options for health care reform, how the political parties view these options, and the prospects for reform in the reasonably near future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: Panel discussion on how insurers can deal with the proliferation of laws, court decisions and regulations, and on the outlook for future developments in health insurance regulatory environment.