Description: This session discussion is about the effect of changes in medical practices and technology, effect of cost shifting, measurement and analysis and employers' perspective. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: This session discusses demographics of the uninsured & underinsured, needed core benefits, funding uncompensated care, state pools for high risk and near poor, the Massachusetts system, and the Kennedy-Waxman federal bills. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session discussion is about experience-rating and credibility in group health insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session discussed credibility theory. Areas addressed included defining credibility and the complexities of measuring it with an emphasis on group medical insurance.

Description: Presented at June 2002 Spring Meeting. This session discusses how credibility varies by size of groups for various health coverages, when a block of business can be considered fully credible, how credibility can factor into a rate filling, and to what extent current experience can be considered more credible than past experience.

Description: This session at a SOA 1990 Spring Meeting focuses on group health insurance including discussion of financial projections, calculating reserves, claims control and management reports.

Description: At this presentation, the panelists address the following questions: 1. How is health insurance risk measured? 2. How and why do surplus requirements differ between health insurance and life insurance? 3. How and why do surplus requirements differ among health insurers [e.g., Commercial, Blue Cross, HMO] and among health insurance products? 3. What are some of the current techniques being used by health insurers for determining target or required surplus and for managing surplus? 4. How do the rating agencies view surplus requirements for health insurers? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This session takes a fresh look at the issues related to acute care focus and the challenges of providing coordinated care for chronic conditions in the United States. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 31 No. 2, Session 80

Description: This session discussion is about AIDS for health actuaries, contract limits, underwriting practices, regulations on underwriting, claim reserving, recent experience and future outlook. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss the current trend environment and estimating future trend. From the Record of the SOA, Vol. 29, No. 2, Session 52