Description: Limitations in actual practice as a health care actuary due to lack of standards, lack of internal data, too much external data, lack of control. Issue No. 38.

Description: A summary recap of the recent SOA Health Conference held in Dallas, TX in June of 2025. With the intentional use of AI to assist with the summary, this article gives a good overview of the recent conference with personal commentary from one of the attendees.

Description: The article describes the recent implementation of a new research strategy for the SOA. It includes excerpts from the strategy and explains how it impacts health research.

Description: Description of rationale and benefits of moving newsletter to a digital format

Description: Leadership Interview with CMS Chief Actuary, Paul Spitalnic

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: Describes the process for getting published in academic journals for non-academic authors focusing on health care journals

Description: This article provides information on the 2025 SOA Health Meeting, including how to submit a proposal, key dates, and other relevant information.

Description: A brief review of the 2024 SOA Health Meeting in Baltimore

Description: A reader asks why, of 29 selected essays on Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System, only one was authored by a woman.