Health Insurance

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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.

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.

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…