Description: Interviews with several actuaries who are subject matter experts in the health field to get their perspectives on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: This is the second article in a four–part series. In this article, the industry's products are examined.

Description: Describes a process to develop a good forecast. Also provides an example.

Description: Recently completed experience studies and research studies from the SOA.

Description: This article explores the changing risk profile between the transitional Affordable Care Act (ACA) period (2014-2016) and under the final ACA period (beyond 2017) for the individual market. Actuaries are in a unique position to help facilitate the change from the current ACA period to the final period when health plans will have to take on substantially more risk.

Description: This article provides an in-depth discussion of how subsidies are an integral part of affordability for individual health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and, ultimately, impact the viability of the market.

Description: Profile of the Health Section.

Description: Examines the question of whether health-care costs, or health insurance costs, are in crisis.

Description: The article explores how deeply the Affordable Care Act reduced the Medicare Advantage benchmark payment rates and quantifies how much of that reduction Medicare Advantage Organizations earned back through quality bonuses.