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2014: “Big bang” for health product pricing

by Alice Rosenblatt, SOA Board Member In addition to proposed rules on the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed...

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Will the role of retirement benefits (DB and DC) in competitive labor markets...

by Anna Rappaport, Anna Rappaport Consulting In my view, pensions and 401(k) plans have not been a major factor in individual decisions about taking jobs, although DB benefits can be a big factor in...

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Book Review: Health Care Will Not Reform Itself

Credit: Jared Rodriquez We are vociferous readers at the Society of Actuaries and we want to pass on our review of a book that has gained renewed interest in health care circles. In his New York Times...

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Come one, come all! Actuaries as ringmasters

by Mary Hegemann, senior consulting actuary, Wakely Consulting Group Comparing politicians to the circus is not a new concept, but the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought this comparison to a whole...

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Essential health benefits – How will they be defined?

by Dan Pribe, consulting actuary, Optuminsight Imagine you’re a committee member for your state’s Medicaid program.  Your committee must decide the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package provided to...

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On the edge of a new age of healthcare financing

by Ian Duncan, University of California – Santa Barbara When I entered health actuarial work 31 years ago, the absolute cost of health benefits was much lower (although as a percentage of average...

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Latest national healthcare expenditures

by Ian Duncan, University of California – Santa Barbara The recent release of National Healthcare Expenditure data for 2010 shows a very slight uptick.  What is more interesting, though, is the...

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Actuarial principles at play in Supreme Court health care case

by Sara Teppema, SOA senior staff fellow, practice research On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up the second of four sets of arguments in the historic case involving the 2010...

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Fiscal Effects of the Affordable Care Act

by Ian Duncan, University of California – Santa Barbara An important new paper by Charles Blahous of George Mason University (and a Social Security and Medicare Trustee) has just been published.  Dr....

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Cost of the Newly Insured Under the Affordable Care Act

The Society of Actuaries is pleased to make available draft material examining the cost of the newly insured under the Affordable Care Act. The draft material is being exposed for a comment period...

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