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Risk-Adjustment Payouts May Level Plans Before Tweaks Can Level the Playing Field

Inside Health Insurance Exchanges
Date Published: 05/03/2016
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Actuaries Release Analysis of ACA Permanent Risk Adjustment Program’s First Year

WASHINGTON–The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) permanent risk adjustment program appears to have generally worked as intended in its first year, but with some insurers experiencing…
Date Published: 04/12/2016
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Kansas health insurance exchange / marketplace

healthinsurance.org
Date Published: 12/29/2015
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What the Health Insurance Marketplace Should Expect in 2016

Health Payer Intelligence
Date Published: 12/29/2015
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Innovative annuities can tackle longevity risk, actuaries say

Life Health Insurance News
Date Published: 10/28/2015
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Health insurance rates headed up in 2016

Macon Telegraph
Date Published: 09/16/2015
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New Hampshire health insurance exchange / marketplace

healthinsurance.org
Date Published: 09/15/2015
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Health insurance rates headed up in 2016

Northwest Georgia News
Date Published: 09/15/2015
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In 2009, the Academy’s Health Practice Council introduced a new series of policy statements — Critical Issues in Health Reform — to provide an actuarial perspective to policymakers as they…
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Date Published: 11/20/2009
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