Medical Loss Ratio Work Group's comments to HHS on a proposed rule that requires issuers to offer a new type of individual health insurance policy covering contraceptive benefits. The comments focus only on the effect of the proposed rule on the MLR calculation. (
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Casualty, Health, Life, and Professionalism Council comments to the NAIC’s Joint Qualified Actuary (A/B/C) Subgroup in response to its request for comments to a list of nine questions in anticipation of the Subgroup’s meeting at the NAIC Spring National Meeting on April 5, 2013.
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Long-Term Care Terminations Work Group letter to the NAIC regarding the formation of the work group that is charged with gathering data on terminations in long-term care insurance, and outlines its proposed tasks and timelines. (
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Rate Review Practice Note Work Group letter to CCIIO recommending several modifications to the unified rate review template and instructions associated with the final rules implementing the rate review and disclosure provisions in the ACA. (
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Academy's letter to President Obama and top administration officials urging them to require Academy membership as a qualification for any candidate to the chief actuary position at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (
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Councils' letter to NAIC's Joint Qualified Actuary (A/B/C) Subgroup on the subgroup's two new charges related to defining a "qualified actuary" and recommending a process to address "unprofessional" actuarial work. (
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Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments to the Actuarial Standards Board on revisions to ASOP No. 35, Selection of Demographic and Other Noneconomic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations. (
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HPC letter to President Obama and congressional leaders urging them to appoint an actuary to the new Commission on Long-Term Care that was enacted as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. (
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Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group letter to the NAIC's Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group providing recommendations for receivables factors for the current RBC formula. (
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