Description: Read the February 2018 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: Current Status of managing costs & increasing costs, Future Direction of Consumerism, technology and defined contribution health plans. Issue No. 39.

Description: Financial Reporting for Healthcare Plans objectives, defining market segments, preparing & recasting segment monitoring reports, quantification of liabilities, reconciliation of claim payments, medical management reports, expense control, company plans & projections & budgets, financial indicators & measurements. Issue No. 41.

Description: Editor of the newsletter addresses the readership and talks about the U.S. health care policy and the interactive software tool CHAT, a different approach to benefit design involving trade-offs. Issue No 59

Description: Article presents a summary of the AAA's Health Practice Council Activities including input for PPACA and various work groups.

Description: Regular section chair article

Description: This paper outlines a framework for assisting a STARS manager in implementing a quantitative approach to prioritize stars measures for targeted intervention

Description: Discussion of Alternative or Integrative Care - Fundamental themes, market demand, recent activity, developing an alternative care program, pricing benefits Issue No. 34.

Description: Ian Duncan argues that there is no crisis in American health care.

Description: This article reviews underwriting and why it has remained unchanged for 50 years. The unhealthy lifestyles of Americans are examined. From Health Watch Newsletter, May 2006, Issue No. 52.