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Printer-friendly versionExchanges Work Group comments to the National Assocation of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Exchanges (B) Subgroup regarding its white paper on adverse selection and exchanges created through the Affordable Care Act. (April 5, 2011)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee practice note on the Revised Actuarial Statement of Opinion Instructions of the NAIC Health Annual Statement that went into effect Dec. 31, 2010. This practice note is intended to help actuaries both understand and comply with new requirements issued by the NAIC regarding health annual statement filings. (January 1, 2011)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding a proposed revision to ASOP 28. (October 30, 2010)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health and the Pension Accounting Committee joint comments to the NAIC regarding the exposure draft of SSAP 92 (OPEBs) and proposed revisions to SSAP 89 (pensions). (October 4, 2010)
Health Solvency Work Group comment letter to the chair of the NAIC's Capital Adequacy Task Force regarding the evaluation of the current health risk-based capital covariance formula calculation for potential changes to the calculation or methodology. (June 11, 2010)
Committee on State Health Issues letter to the North Carolina Department of Insurance regarding the Department's proposal to change the definition of "qualified actuary." (April 14, 2010)
State Health Committee testimony to the Massachusetts Legislature outlining some of the potential unintended consequences associated with H.B. 3447, An Act Providing for Equitable Coverage in Disability Policies, which would prohibit gender distinct premiums for disability insurance policies. (February 4, 2010)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee practice note on actuarial certification of restrictions relating to premium rates in the small group market. (December 31, 2009)
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 viable health insurance system and discusses whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act addresses the outlined issues. (November 20, 2009)
Health Practice Council comments on the Senate Finance Committee’s series of policy options papers, Expanding Healthcare Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans. (May 22, 2009)
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 insurance. (May 15, 2009)
Medicare Steering Committee and Health Care Quality Work Group comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the draft legislation "Medicare Hospital Quality Improvement Act of 2008", which would link Medicare hospital payments to performance on certain quality measures. (December 15, 2008)
Long-Term Care Principle-Based Work Group progress report to the NAIC's Accident and Health Working Group regarding the Academy's ongoing work on a stochastic model for long-term care insurance. An initial prototype of the model has been developed and is currently being reviewed by several members of the work group. (August 27, 2008)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee comments on proposed changes in the actuarial opinion instructions for NAIC health annual statements. (February 19, 2008)
Consumer Driven Health Plans Work Group issue brief answering several common questions about HSAs, including: what are the different types of consumer driven health plans; who is choosing these types of plans; what impact will they have on health spending growth; and, how will they affect the traditional health insurance market. (October 1, 2007)
Mental Health Parity Work Group updated issue brief providing a description of mental health parity requirements and how group insurance plans have responded to those requirements. The brief also includes a discussion of the cost implications of expanded mental health parity requirements, including the impact on other medical costs. (September 30, 2007)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to Texas officials about misinterpretations of the committee's 2006 comments on accounting standards for OPEBs. (June 15, 2007)
Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup revision proposals to the NAIC life and health RBC instructions for Medicare Part D to address a potential unintended consequence related to the Authorized Control Level (ACL) RBC results. (June 3, 2007)
Medical Reinsurance Work Group testimony to House Small Business Committee on increasing competition, reducing costs, and expanding small business health insurance coverage using the private reinsurance market. (May 24, 2007)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee comments to the NAIC on a proposal to include a trend test in the health RBC formula. (May 3, 2007)
