Description: Study of industry pricing assumptions from 2000, 2007, and 2014. Concludes that current LTC products are priced to make future rate increases unlikely.

Description: This is an Excel workbook, provided by the Society of Actuaries Pension Section, containing consumer price index data obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Separate tabs include figures for the CPI-U, the Medical Care Consumer Price Index, etc.

Description: The Society of Actuaries' Pension Section and Health Section Research teams commissioned Professor Thomas E. Getzen of Temple University to construct a resource model for the projection of long term healthcare cost trends. The motivation for creation of the model was driven by its potential usage as a resource for the estimation of reportable liabilities for retiree healthcare benefits as specified under FAS 106 and GASB 45 accounting statements. This model, programmed in Microsoft Excel [xlsx format], projects per-person expenditures and growth rates through 2099 using a set of equations and assumptions developed by Professor Getzen with assistance from the Society of Actuaries Project Oversight Group appointed to oversee the effort. The model includes baseline assumptions as well as flexibility for user–inputted alternative assumptions.