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American Academy of Actuaries Provides Assessment of Social Security’s Financial Condition Based on 2020 Trustees Report

WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2020 Social Security Trustees Report, provides policymakers and the public with an…
Date Published: 05/21/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries Assesses Available Risk Mitigation Policy Options to Limit Effects of COVID-19’s New Uncertainties for Health Insurers

WASHINGTON—The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the U.S. health care system in numerous ways, many of which will affect health insurers. This includes impacts due to uncertainties surrounding…
Date Published: 05/18/2020
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COVID-19 Brings New Uncertainties to Health Care Spending and Health Insurers

WASHINGTON—As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, its effects on U.S. health care spending and health insurers for 2020 and beyond are uncertain, according to FAQs on COVID-19 and Its Effects on…
Date Published: 03/24/2020
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Academy Offers Nonpartisan Background and Model Questions for 2020 Candidates on Key Financial Security Issues

WASHINGTON—A new election issues guide from the American Academy of Actuaries, 2020 Making Issues Count, provides voters with key background information and sample questions for presidential…
Date Published: 01/17/2020
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Date Published: 12/19/2019
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D. Joeff Williams Becomes President of the American Academy of Actuaries

Williams Succeeds 2018–19 President Shawna Ackerman WASHINGTON—D. Joeff Williams of Winston-Salem, N.C., began his term as president of the American Academy of Actuaries today,…
Date Published: 11/05/2019
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Academy Offers Objective Actuarial Perspective on Surprise Medical Billing

Academy Offers Objective Actuarial Perspective on Surprise Medical Billing WASHINGTON—As the national debate over addressing “surprise billing” of patients continues to unfold,…
Date Published: 09/10/2019
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Actuaries: Health Care Costs, Public Policy-Driven Changes Among Factors Shaping 2020 Health Insurance Premiums

WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries provides consumers and public policymakers with an actuarial perspective on key factors involved in setting 2020 health…
Date Published: 06/27/2019
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How Could Health Insurance Coverage Be Expanded Through Public Plans? New Academy Paper Outlines Different Approaches, Key Public Policy Considerations

WASHINGTON—As proposals to expand public health insurance are being put forward, the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council is providing policymakers and the public…
Date Published: 03/04/2019
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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.
Date Published: 09/12/2017
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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.
Date Published: 07/14/2017
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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.
Date Published: 07/14/2017
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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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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,…
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…
Date Published: 07/22/2016
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