Premium Review Work Group letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to its request for comments on the PPACA provision that establishes a review process for unreasonable rate increases. (
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Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC's Accident and Health Working Group responding to his request for input on defining an appropriate way to maintain statistical validity within the rebate process. The Academy sent a subsequent letter to respond to a request from the NAIC for more information on statistical credibility. (
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Premium Review Work Group letter to the chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup, the Accident and Health Working Group, and the Rate Review Subgroup regarding the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) provision that establishes a review process for unreasonable rate increases. (
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Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group second letter to the chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup and the Accident and Health Working Group regarding the medical loss ratio provisions and the potential for individual market disruption under the Patient Protection and Affordability Act. (
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Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the Chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup and the Accident and Health Working Group regarding considerations related to the Patient Protection and Affordability Act Medical Loss Ratio Provisions (2718). (
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Committee on State Health Issues letter to the North Carolina Department of Insurance regarding the Department's proposal to change the definition of "qualified actuary." (
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Health Practice Council letter to members of House and Senate pledging to work with regulatory authorities on the implementation of the health reform law. (
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Health Practice Council letter to Congress outlining technical and policy issues that need to be addressed before the passage of health reform legislation to ensure success of the reforms. (
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Health Practice Council letter to the White House and invitees of the Feb. 25 bipartisan health summit stressing critical actuarial aspects of health reform legislation that will need to be addressed to support the stated goals of reducing the number of uninsured, increasing the availability and affordability of coverage, and enhancing the focus on quality of care and health spending growth. (
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Letter to NAIC regarding the joint Academy State LTC Task Force and SOA Valuation Committee project to develop and recommend valuation morbidity tables for long-term care insurance. (
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Medicare Supplement Work Group additional comments to NAIC on the draft revisions to the Medicare Supplement Compliance Manual, clarifying the use of the pooling approach used in the manual and how it may interact with loss ratio standards. (
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Health Practice Council letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid highlighting some of the key differences on actuarial issues between the House's Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) and the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (
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Health Practice Council letter to Sens. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell that outlines key isuses that need to be considered when evaluating whether the Senate's health care reform bill will lead to a viable health insurance system and discusses whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act addresses the outlined issues. (
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Health Practice Council letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner providing an actuarial perspective on health insurance market reforms, outlining three criteria to ensure that the current markets remain viable, and offering comments on how certain provisions of the House’s Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) conform with those criteria. (
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Medical Professional Liability Insurance Subcommittee letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding "The Affordable Health Care for America Act" and its possible effects on medical professional liability insurance. (
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Federal Long-Term Care Task Force letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding actuarial issues and policy implications on the the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act). (
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Medicare Steering Committee comments on the first in a series of Senate Finance Committee policy options papers, Transforming the Health Care Delivery System. (
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Health Practice Council comments on the Senate Finance Committee’s series of policy options papers, Expanding Healthcare Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans. (
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Health Practice Council comments to the Senate related to introduced legislation, the Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act, that would eliminate gender as a rating factor for individual health insurance. (
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Medicare Steering Committee and Health Care Quality Work Group comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the draft legislation "Medicare Hospital Quality Improvement Act of 2008", which would link Medicare hospital payments to performance on certain quality measures. (
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