Health

The Academy Health Practice Council (HPC) is dedicated to providing policymakers and regulators with insights to navigate the complex landscape of health insurance and healthcare affordability.

The HPC’s commitment to objectivity and precision in this vital sector helps shape and inform decisions that impact the lives of millions of Americans every day.

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Controlling Health Care Spending Growth

Controlling Health Care Spending Growth

Explore issues pertaining to the drivers of health care costs and slowing the growth in health care spending.
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Financial Reporting, Risk Management and Solvency

Financial Reporting, Risk Management and Solvency

Financial reporting and solvency issues at the state level, such as NAIC related projects on RBC, as well as emerging international solvency issues and federal regulation of insurance companies.
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Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other health care reform issues.
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Long-Term Care

Long-Term Care

Federal and state long-term care issues, including the CLASS Act and LTC pricing/valuation.
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Medicare/Medicaid

Medicare/Medicaid

Ideas for improving Medicare’s financial stability and insights on Medicaid and CHIP programs.
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More Health Issues

Health Resources

Alert

Annual Medicare and Social Security Trustees’ Reports Released

The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports on the financial status of the programs were released on June 18. An Academy alert, available to members, covers the reports’…
Date Published: 06/20/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents to CCIIO on HPC Activity

Health Vice President Annette James, Individual and Small Group Markets Committee Vice Chairperson Tammy Tomczyk, and Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello presented to the Centers for Medicare &…
Date Published: 06/11/2025
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on House Budget Resolution

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the U.S. House Committee on the Budget on the reconciliation legislation advancing in the House of Representatives to comply…
Date Published: 05/20/2025
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Report

Health Work Group Sends H2 Final Report to NAIC

The Health Solvency Committee’s Health Underwriting Risk Factors Analysis Work Group sent the final H2—Underwriting Risk Component and Managed Care Credit Calculation in the Health…
Date Published: 04/24/2025
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Comment / Letter

Individual & Small Group Markets Committee Comments to CMS on ACA Rule

The Individual & Small Group Markets Committee sent a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Proposed Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;…
Date Published: 04/11/2025
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Comment / Letter

HPC Releases Summary of SOA Research Institute Report on the ACA

The Health Practice Council (HPC) released a summary of findings from a new Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute report, The ACA @ 15 – Tracking Prior and Emerging Results since its…
Date Published: 03/25/2025
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Comment / Letter

Practice Councils Comment to ASB on ASOP No. 41

The Casualty Practice Council, Health Practice Council, and Retirement Practice Council sent comments to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on the second exposure draft of Actuarial Standard of…
Date Published: 03/14/2025
Comment / Letter

Practice Councils Comment to NAIC’s New RBC Model Governance Task Force

Vice presidents of the Academy’s Casualty Practice Council, Health Practice Council, Life Practice Council, and Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council provided comments to the NAIC’s…
Date Published: 03/14/2025
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Issue Brief

Ensuring Access, Affordability, Choice, and Competition in the Individual Health Insurance Market

An issue brief from the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Ensuring Access, Affordability, Choice, and Competition in the Individual Health Insurance Market, provides an overview of how…
Date Published: 03/06/2025
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Issue Brief

Issue Brief Examines Medicaid Per-Capita Caps, Design Considerations, and Policy Implications

A Medicaid Committee issue brief, Medicaid Per Capita Caps: Design Considerations and Policy Implications, focuses on Medicaid per-capita caps and discusses some of the key design considerations…
Date Published: 03/06/2025
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