Description: This panel focuses on the current social and economic issues of health insurance within Canada and the U.S., with particular issues in the United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This article is part of the Digest of Informal Discussion, which took place at the 1956 Society of Actuaries Eastern Spring Meeting, held April 19-20 in Hartford, CT. It identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss progress made in offering accident and sickness and hospitalization insurance benefits to those over 65, the physically impaired, to rural areas, and to lower income groups, and discuss methods to further extend benefits to those groups. They also discuss experience with major medical policies, and what insurance associations such as the Health Insurance Association of America, can do to collect morbidity data. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This is a discussion about medical care insurance rating including morbidity, impact of group size and underwriting transfer cases. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1965, Vol. 17 Pt. 2, No. 47 AB

Description: This is a discussion about smaller health insurance companies and if they are able to compete successfully in individual health insurance. Also included is a discussion regarding agency development. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963 Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focuses group accident and health insurance. Issues discussed include premium structures, projecting experience and claims experience due to new coverage limitations.

Description: This is a discussion about the impact the 1965 OASDI changes will have on group long-term disability insurance and group medical insurance. Also discussed are the rates of growth of separate accounts and variable annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50.

Description: This discussion focuses on the effect the introduction of provincial hospital plans in Canada has had on the trend of loss ratios on associated major medical expense plans. The discussion further looks at deductible amounts, coinsurance provisions, and maximum limits used under major medical expense plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion reviews the appropriate roles of group insurance, individual insurance and governmental programs in providing protection against the cost of medical care for retired persons and other aged citizens. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion focuses on looking at the growth of and improvements in Voluntary Plans. As well as efforts being made to publicize the availability of voluntary plans, problems involved in the different approaches to coverage and federal proposals. From the Transaction of the SOA, Vol. 2 No. 4

Description: This discussion focuses on group insurance, the experience under industry-wide group policies, problems in the writing of small groups, the trend of hospital and surgical expense claim ratios, experiments providing medical expense benefits for pensioners, and examines the progress made in developing catastrophe coverages.