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.
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 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
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other health care reform issues.
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Long-Term Care
Federal and state long-term care issues, including the CLASS Act and LTC pricing/valuation.
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Medicare/Medicaid
Ideas for improving Medicare’s financial stability and insights on Medicaid and CHIP programs.
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Issue Brief
Health Equity Issue Brief Examines Overcoming Constraints to Implementation
The latest issue brief in its “Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation” series explores how to better understand unmet needs…
Topics: Health Equity
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Health Equity Issue Brief Examines Evaluation of Benefit Changes
A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of how potential benefit changes are evaluated and how those evaluations could facilitate the incorporation of…
Issue Brief
Health Equity and Benefit Design
A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of issues related to designing health benefits to improve health equity. These issues were discussed in the first of a…
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Health Equity and Benefit Design – Part 1
Health Equity and Benefit Design—Part 1: Overview A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of issues related to designing health benefits to improve health…
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Drivers of 2024 Health Insurance Premium Changes
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee released its annual issue brief laying out the factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes…
Topics: Health Insurance
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Considering Employee Benefits for Health Policy Development
The Active Benefits Committee released an issue brief focusing on the role of actuaries in employee benefits for health policy development.
Topics: Benefits
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Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance
The Medicare Committee released an issue brief focusing on the near and long-term financing challenges facing the Medicare program based on the 2023 Medicare Trustees Report.
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
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Health Care and Health Insurance System Risk Assessment and Risk Adjustment in the Context of Health Equity
The Health Equity Committee released a public policy issue brief on health care and health insurance system risk assessment and risk adjustment in the context of health equity. Risk assessment and…
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Drivers of 2023 Health Insurance Premium Changes – Infographic
This infographic illustrates the factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes in the individual and small group markets for 2023, that are…
Topics: Health Insurance
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Drivers of 2023 Health Insurance Premium Changes
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee released an issue brief laying out the factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes in the…
Topics: Health Insurance