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Academy in the News

Insurers, consumers still face uncertainty over health insurance premium prices

UPI.com
Topics: Health Insurance
Date Published: 05/22/2013
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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,…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance
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…
Topics: Health Insurance Medicare / Medicaid Reinsurance
Date Published: 09/14/2012
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Academy in the News

How Health Insurance Companies and Employers are Dealing with the New Medical Loss Ratio Mandate

Smart Business
Topics: Health Insurance
Date Published: 08/29/2012
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Academy in the News

Actuaries Say Individual Mandate Key to Viable Health Insurance Market

Insurance Journal
Topics: Health Insurance
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…
Topics: Health Insurance
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…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: ABCD Actuarial Science Actuarial Standards Financial Security Health Insurance Life Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Casualty Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 10/24/2011
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Academy in the News

9 Alternatives to individual health insurance mandate; will they work?

Insurance Journal
Topics: Health Insurance
Date Published: 03/29/2011
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Related Resources

Comment / Letter

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
Policy & Research
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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
Policy & Research
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Testimony

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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Issue Brief

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
Policy & Research
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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
Policy & Research
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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
Policy & Research
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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
Policy & Research
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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
Policy & Research
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