Description: The paper traces the history of government-sponsored hospital and medical care schemes from their beginnings in the Prairie Provinces prior to World War I to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the Health Charter for Canadians. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982, Vol. 34.

Description: Panel discussion of national, state, and provincial developments in health care policy and regulation. Presented at the 1975 annual meeting.

Description: Essay stating accessibility, affordability and efficiency are the key to success in the future of healthcare.

Description: An overview of health care history and privatization developments in four Latin American countries: Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.

Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.

Description: This session discuses the Canadian health-care system including hospital perspective, general Medicare concerns, budget constraints, increasing costs, and private insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: This article explores what American medicine might look like in the year 2000. The author asserts this will depend on the tradeoffs made between quality and availability on the one hand, and cost on the other hand.

Description: An overview of the Medicare Supplement landscape and the critical factors for successfully pricing and managing this product line amidst the challenges that exist.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the partisan politics in Taiwan, including its impact on the country's national health care system.

Description: A Mexican actuary discusses his career, the challenges of different insurance markets in different cultures, the value of sharing knowledge across countries and across professions, and the latest public policy regarding solvency models.