Description: Update on Affordable Care Act topics, including Section 1332 waivers, Association Health Plans, silver loading and cost sharing reductions.

Description: Full version of The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2007, Issue 27.

Description: Book review: George W. Bush memoir

Description: Highlights of the 2013 Health Meeting

Description: This monograph explains the ways actuaries are or could be involved in the self-insured employer health plan marketplace today and in the future.

Description: Comparison of healthcare costs for early retirees versus active workers in the same age band. When adjusted for age, there is not a significant difference in costs between each group.

Description: This article is an update on the No Surprises Act, which is a U.S. Act aimed to reduce the risk that a person unexpectedly receives out of network charges for their health care visits. This is Part 2; Part 1 was featured in Health Watch's Sept 2024 issue.

Description: The cell and gene therapy marketplace is quickly evolving and continues to grow as a risk concern for governments, health plans, stop loss insurers and reinsurers. In this webinar, we discuss currently approved tissue, cell and gene therapies, the near-term pipeline, uptake considerations, case management processes, plan document and contract considerations, risk mitigation processes and programs, and network considerations.

Description: This article focuses on the actuarial value calculator and the methodology used. It proposes potential future improvements to this model.

Description: LEARN is an offering to regulators about reinsurance. This article summarizes a session held for Brazilian health regulators in the fall of 2022.