Description: Article summarizes the sessions of the 2011 SOA Health Meeting held in Boston.

Description: Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares some of his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.

Description: Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.

Description: Establishing negotiating targets and network configurations in a new market Issue No. 36

Description: Two Medicare risk funding provisions that were radically changed by the BBA of 1997 funding variations by geographic area and risk adjustment. Issue No. 36

Description: This is an article about the rising costs of health care and what it means for student health care plans. Health Section News, Issue 46

Description: The impact of Medicare on retiree medical. Issue No. 44.

Description: This article is a brief overview of what digital health is, how it is regulated, and who some of the big unicorns are.

Description: The big event of 2023 is the launch of multiple Humira biosimilars, which began in January with the arrival of Amgen’s Amjevita on the market. The launch of Amjevita kicks off the process of changing the specialty drug marketplace in the United States. The expectation of the full impact of this big event is very hopeful, but there is still uncertainty several months after its beginning. Humira is the highest-selling drug in the world and has been since 2013 (Figure 1)—except for when COVID-19 projects temporarily surpassed it. The world is eagerly awaiting the launch of multiple biosimilar drugs to compete with Humira and hopefully bring more competitive pricing to the benefit of payers and patients everywhere.

Description: Review of events and highlights from the Spring 2019 SOA Health Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.