Description: This analysis will primarily focus on the individual, non-group market. In order to plan for the impact that these currently uninsured individuals will have on the health insurance markets, it will be important to understand their costs relative to the costs for people already enrolled, for whom many health insurers have experience and data.

Description: To recognize the tenth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) released new research with actuarial insight and key learnings from the past decade of the landmark legislation.

Description: The June 2021 Supreme Court ruling in California vs. Texas has significant ramifications on Affordable Care Act markets. This session will provide the actuarial community an overview of the ruling, the likely impact on health insurance markets, and potential legislation to address the ruling details.

Description: This session will discuss the implications of a proposed federal catastrophic long-term care program, the WISH Act. The session will focus on the benefit to consumers, the financial soundness of the proposed program and the regulatory steps necessary to achieve the desired public/private insurance program goals. The session may also consider state based reform proposals.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) released a new modeling tool to assess the impact of COVID-19 on health care insurance estimates for 2021. This model and an accompanying research report help illustrate the level of the COVID-19 outbreak, the potential scenarios over the next half year and the direct costs from this pandemic.

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Description: The current spotlight on health care reformprovides an excellent platform for actuaries to demonstrate thecontributions they can bring to the table as the debate over keyhealth issues continues. To showcase some of these ideas, theHealth Section of the Society of Actuaries issued a call for essayson "Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System."

Description: To review 2021 and look forward to 2022 as the new Chair of the Actuary of the Future section council

Description: SOA President Stephen G. Kellison shares his thoughts on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: The report looks at the different outcomes for the 50 states from the ACA, in terms of cost and availability of health insurance coverage. It identifies 11 key observations since the passage of the ACA.