WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries today released an issue brief examining possible changes to the Affordable Care Act should the Supreme Court hand down a decision in the King v….

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Date Published: 05/28/2015

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Avoiding Health Insurance Rate Shock for Medium-Size Businesses

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Date Published: 05/14/2015

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AV Calculator, Risk Corridors and Transitional Plans to Affect Rates

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Date Published: 05/14/2015

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Why Maintaining the Current Definition of the Small Group Market is Critical

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Date Published: 05/12/2015

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Health Insurance Premiums Will Likely Go Up Next Year — Just Because Justices Agreed to Hear King v. Burwell

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Date Published: 03/05/2015

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Supreme Court: Could Obamacare ruling destroy health insurance for millions?

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Date Published: 03/04/2015

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Actuaries Detail Health Plan and Premium Changes Expected Under ACA’s Redefinition of ‘Small Group’

WASHINGTON—The scheduled expansion of how small employers are defined under the federal Affordable Care Act in 2016 to include groups sized 51 to 100 could result in changes to health care…

Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 03/03/2015

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Letter to U.S. House on Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962)

Health Practice Council letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner providing an actuarial perspective on health insurance market reforms, outlining three criteria to ensure…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 11/06/2009

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Comment / Letter

Comments on Women’s Health Insurance Fairness Act

Health Practice Council comments to the Senate related to introduced legislation, the Women’s Health Insurance Fairness Act, that would eliminate gender as a rating factor for individual health…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 05/15/2009

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Congressional Testimony on Health Insurance Market Reforms

Health Practice Council testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee on three actuarial principles that should be considered when determining whether health reform proposals will lead to improved…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 04/22/2009

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Issue Brief

Risk Classification in the Voluntary Individual Health Insurance Market

Task Force on Genetic Testing in Health Insurance issue brief reviewing the fundamentals of risk selection and risk classification to help policymakers and the public better understand the role that…

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 03/01/2009

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Health Insurance Coverage and Reimbursement Decisions: Implications for Increased Comparative Effectiveness Research

Health Care Quality Work Group issue brief discussing current assessments of health care quality, the process for incorporating new treatment protocols and technologies into health insurance…

Topics: Financial Reporting Health Insurance Risk Management Solvency

Date Published: 09/01/2008

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NAIC Report

Draft Valuation Manual

Draft valuation manual (September 2007): Section 0: Introduction Section 1: Definitions for terms in requirements Section 2: Definitions for types of contracts Section 3:…

Topics: Annuities Health Insurance NAIC

Date Published: 09/30/2007

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Comment / Letter

Comments on Life, Health Insurance Principles Proposed by NAIC PBRWG

Comments from Life, Health, and Casualty Practice Councils on life and health insurance principles proposed by the NAIC’s Principle-based Reserving (EX) Working Group.

Topics: Casualty Health Insurance NAIC Principle-Based Reserving

Date Published: 08/17/2007

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Comment / Letter

Analysis of Senate Small-Business Health Insurance Legislation

Small-Group Market Task Force comment letter on S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006.

Topics: Health Insurance

Date Published: 05/04/2006

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Issue Brief

Health Coverage Issues: The Uninsured and the Insured

Uninsured Subgroup updated issue brief providing insights on the fundamental questions facing policy-makers and health coverage sponsors, such as: What is health insurance coverage? What are ways to…

Topics: Financial Reporting Health Insurance Risk Management Solvency

Date Published: 12/31/2005

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Practice Note

Individual Major Medical Business

Individual Major Medical BusinessPractice Note developed by a work group of the Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee to provide a description of some of the current practices used by health…

Topics: Financial Reporting Health Insurance

Date Published: 08/01/2005

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