Health Practice Council letter to National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare in response to the questions the commission raised regarding possible changes to the current Medicare benefit structure as well as modifications to the coverage requirements for Medicare supplement insurance. (
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Association Health Plan Work Group comments on the “Health Coverage for Employees of Small Businesses” provisions in Title I (Subtitle D) of the Patient Protection Act of 1998 (H.R. 4250). (
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Health Codification Subgroup of the State Health Committee comments to NAIC on the exposure of health related Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAPs), specifically to the March 25, 1998 exposure of seven modified SSAPs and one new SSAP. (
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Mental Health Parity Work Group comments on the interim final rule implementing the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996. (
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Federal Health Committee preliminary comments to HHS on the PSO solvency standards development process. (
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Note: The following three reports on medical savings accounts (MSAs) were published in 1995, before the emergence of two related concepts: health savings accounts (HSAs)and health reimbursement accounts (HRAs). The conclusions in the 1995 reports may not be appropriate for HSAs and HRAs. More recent reports on such consumer-driven health plans (also known as consumer-directed health plans and defined contribution health plans) as HSAs and HRAs are available online or by contacting Academy staff.
- MSAs: Family Medical Savings and Investment Act of 1995 Analysis (October 1995)
- MSAs: Cost and Design Issues (May 1995)
- Medical Savings Accounts (June 1995)
