Description: This article examines the costs of mental health parity, presents the primary drivers of cost increases from legislation and shows evidence the initial cost projections were too high. From Health Section News, March 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Panelists discuss the primary risks of long-term-care insurance, reasons for reinsurance utilization, the variable forms of long-term-care reinsurance in today's market, and other forms of risk management.

Description: One of the many resources that the SOA offers for download are research projects and reports that focus on health.

Description: Additional Resources for Long Term Care Section.

Description: Web page hosting description and links to nine Troubled Health Care System topics. Page additionally provides a link to Overall Summary.

Description: The SOA provides information about the actuarial career path in health care and predictive analytics. Throughout 2016, we will share more about actuaries who are tackling some of the industry's biggest challenges and hear from top employers in healthcare analytics.

Description: A proposal to reform the health care provider payment system through: a national fee schedule, shifting more reimbursements to primary care providers, better integration of hospital & physician fees, evidence based care, pay for performance, and a better provider risk sharing mechanism.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panelists discuss two of the measurements actuaries are using to evaluate direct response products: customer lifetime value and embedded values.

Description: This article looks at the attitudes of insurance companies toward using technology for assisting in sales and marketing of insurance.

Description: Financing Chronic Care Monograph