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The Shocking Truth: Understanding ACA-Related Premium Changes Is … Complicated!

WASHINGTON – May 9, 2013 – Changes coming in 2014 to health insurance premiums stemming from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will reflect several factors and could vary considerably,…
Date Published: 05/09/2013
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Actuaries: Medicaid Expansion Decisions Can Affect Private Plans

WASHINGTON—14 Sept. 2012—States’ decisions about whether to expand Medicaid coverage or not can have implications for private health insurance plans, including increased…
Date Published: 09/14/2012
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Date Published: 06/29/2012
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Actuaries: SCOTUS Ruling Preserves the Individual Mandate

Helps Ensure Broad Cross Section of Risk, Cornerstone to Viable Market WASHINGTON (June 28, 2012)—The American Academy of Actuaries today called the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to…
Date Published: 06/28/2012
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Actuaries File Amicus Brief with Supreme Court on Health Reform Challenge

  Actuaries Say Severing Mandate from Market Reforms Will Lead to Adverse Selection WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 — The American Academy of Actuaries filed an amicus curiae brief…
Date Published: 01/27/2012
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Paul Fleischacker Appointed Chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline

  WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2011 — Paul Fleischacker will begin his term as chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD) on Jan. 1. He was appointed to the post by the…
Date Published: 12/15/2011
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American Academy of Actuaries Honors Michael Abroe with Farley Award

  WASHINGTON — Oct. 24, 2011 — The American Academy of Actuaries awarded Michael Abroe with the 2011 Jarvis Farley Service Award during a ceremony held earlier today. Abroe is a principal and…
Date Published: 10/24/2011
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Individual and Small Group Market Task Force and Premium Review Work Group comments to CMS on a proposed rule regarding health insurance market reforms, which included modifications to the final rule…
Date Published: 12/21/2012
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Voter Guide – Making Health Care Reform Work: Why Broad Participation is Necessary (Updated)

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Date Published: 06/28/2012
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Letter to Massachusetts Senate on Amendment to H.3535

Premium Review Work Group letter to the Massachusetts Senate regarding an amendment to the state budget that would require the disapproval of any health insurance rates to be supported by “sound…
Date Published: 11/30/2011
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Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule on Exchanges

Exchanges Work Group comments to CMS in response to proposed regulations establishing health insurance exchanges and qualified health plans under the ACA. 
Date Published: 10/06/2011
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Comments to NAIC Regarding Rate Filing Disclosure Form

Premium Review Work Group comment letter on the NAIC Health Insurance and Managed Care (B) Committee’s exposure draft of a rate filing disclosure form that is intended to facilitate the reporting of…
Date Published: 11/05/2010
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Premium Review Work Group comment letter on the NAIC Health Insurance and Managed Care (B) Committee’s exposure draft of a rate filing disclosure form that is intended to facilitate the reporting of…
Date Published: 11/05/2010
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Letter to HHS on Grandfathered Coverage

Grandfathering Provisions Work Group letter to HHS in response to an interim final rule on the ACA provision related to the status of health insurance coverage as a grandfathered plan.
Date Published: 08/16/2010
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Critical Issues in Health Reform

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…
Date Published: 03/23/2010
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Letter to Senate on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health Practice Council letter to Sens. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell that outlines key isuses that need to be considered when evaluating whether the Senate’s health care reform bill will lead to a…
Date Published: 11/20/2009
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Letter to Senate on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health Practice Council letter to Sens. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell that outlines key isuses that need to be considered when evaluating whether the Senate’s health care reform bill will lead to a…
Date Published: 11/20/2009
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