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Medicare issues


2010

Updated: Call to Action: Actuaries Urge Comprehensive Medicare Reform (February 2010)

2009

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (May 2009 issue brief)

Call to Action: Actuaries Urge Comprehensive Medicare Reform (May 2009)

2008

Medicare Part D accounting practice note (April 2008)

Practice note on actuarial equivalence certification for private prescription-drug plans under Medicare Part D (March 2008)

Medicare's Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (March 2008; annually updated issue brief), plus news release

2007

Exposure draft of a practice note on actuarial equivalence for Medicare Part Dprescription drug plans (November 2007 draft; superseded by March 2008 final practice note)

Medicare Reform Options (June 2007 issue brief)

Comment letter proposing revised life and health RBC instructions, related to RBC instructions for Medicare Part D (June 2007)

Medicare's Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (May 2007; annually updated issue brief)

A letter to the NAIC Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group about a possible update of proposed risk factors previously developed by the Medicare Part D Subgroup (May 2007)

Comment letter to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing observations and recommendations for the operation and implementation of Medicare Part D. (March 2007)

2006

Comment letter on Medicare supplement transition issues (August 2006)

Comments on a proposed GASB technical bulletin about the Medicare Part D retiree drug subsidy (April 2006)

2005

Proposed new RBC risk factors for Medicare Part D coverage (December 2005)

Pay for Performance: Rewarding Improvements in the Quality of Health Care (October 2005 issue brief)

Memo to the NAIC from the Medicare Part D Subgroup, with proposed health RBC instruction and health RBC formula changes, proposed life RBC instruction and life RBC formula changes, and explanatory slides (September 2005)

Draft of updated Medicare supplement practice note (July 2005)

Health RBC Subgroup's status report on RBC formula and instruction changes for Medicare Part D coverage (June 11, 2005)

Capitol Hill briefing on Medicare and Social Security solvency (April 1, 2005)

Letter to Congress recommending that the chief actuaries for Social Security and Medicare be Academy members Academy (March 2005)

Letter to Congress offering the Academy's assistance as a resource on Medicare issues (March 4, 2005)

Medicare: Next Steps (February 2005 issue brief)

2004

Comments on actuarial equivalence issues in proposed Medicare Rx regulations (October 2004)

Comments on Medicare Advantage issues in proposed Medicare Rx regulations (October 2004)

Comments on various issues concerning proposed Medicare Rx regulations (October 2004)

The Academy writes to the CMS about actuarial equivalence, Medicare Advantage, and other issues in proposed new Medicare prescription drug regulations.

"The Questions Candidates Should Answer About ...Medicare Reform" (An election-year guide, 2004)

A letter to FASB about accounting and disclosure requirements related to the Medicare Modernization Act financial (April 13, 2004)

Comment letter to IRS on HSA provisions in new Medicare law (March 30, 2004)

A report on Medicare supplement loss ratio curves and refund benchmarks (March 10, 2004)


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