WASHINGTON – Growing health care costs, the phaseout of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) transitional reinsurance program, and assumptions regarding the composition of the 2016 risk…

Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance

Date Published: 08/05/2015

Academy in the News

Hill Briefing Examines the Truth About Premiums

America’s Health Insurance Plans

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 06/25/2015

Article

Actuaries: SCOTUS Decision Upholding Subsidies Averts Significant Health Insurance Market Disruptions

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries today said that the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding federal premium subsidies in states participating in the federally facilitated…

Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 06/25/2015

Letter to Senate HELP Committee on Stabilization

Health Practice Council letter to the U.S. Senate HELP Committee on stabilizing the individual health insurance market.

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 09/12/2017

Policy & Research

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Presentation

Presentation on Drivers of 2018 Health Insurance Premium Changes

Presentation to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators about the Akey drivers of 2018 premiums and what goes into developing a premium.

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 07/14/2017

Policy & Research

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Issue Brief

Risk Pooling: How Health Insurance in the Individual Market Works

Health Practice Council FAQ on how risk pooling in the individual health insurance market works.

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 07/14/2017

Policy & Research

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Issue Brief

Drivers of 2018 Health Insurance Premium Changes

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief providing an overview of the general factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes in…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 07/11/2017

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Comment / Letter

Comments to Senate Finance Committee on Individual Market and Medicaid

Health Practice Council comments to Senate Finance Committee on improving the individual health insurance market and changing the approach to Medicaid funding.

Topics: Health Insurance Medicare / Medicaid

Date Published: 05/23/2017

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Issue Brief

How Changes to Health Insurance Market Rules Would Affect Risk Adjustment

Risk Sharing Subcommittee issue brief examining the risk adjustment program implemented under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the implications for the program under different potential changes to…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 05/10/2017

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Issue Brief

Steps Toward a More Sustainable Individual Health Insurance Market

Health Practice Council issue brief examining ways in which the individual health insurance market can be strengthened and made more viable.

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 04/24/2017

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Presentation

Presentation on an Evaluation of the Individual Health Insurance Market

Health Practice Council presentation to NAIC’s Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee on potential changes to the Affordable Care Act through possible legislation and administrative actions.

Topics: Health Insurance NAIC

Date Published: 04/09/2017

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Issue Brief

Committee Issue Paper Evaluating the Individual Health Insurance Market

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue paper examining the experience in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual market, outlining the conditions necessary for a sustainable market,…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 01/18/2017

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Testimony

Academy Congressional Testimony on Drivers of 2017 Health Insurance Premium Changes

Written testimony on the general factors underlying premium rate setting and the major components driving premium changes for 2017 under the Affordable Care Act to a U.S. House Ways and Means…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 07/22/2016

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