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Printer-friendly versionCommittee on Federal Health Issues testimony outlining several key factors for consideration in the debate over the proper regulation of genetic information especially with respect to health insurance.
(July 22, 2004)
(July 22, 2004)
Rate Filing Task Force report concerning the individual health market and outlines four alternative regulatory solutions to the closed block problem, called Prefunding, Inter-Block Subsidy-- Durational Pooling, Inter-Block Subsidy-- Rate Compression, and Individual Market Pools. The computer model being presented analyzes the result of each of those closed block solutions. (May 31, 2004)
Cori E. Uccello, Karen Bender, and David A. Shea, Jr. presentation on association health plan issues. (May 14, 2004)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) on accounting by governmental employers for other postemployment benefits. (April 30, 2004)
Health Savings Account Subgroup comments on IRS Notice 2004-2, which provides guidance on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. (March 30, 2004)
Health Savings Account Subgroup comment letter on Notice 2004-2 issued by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, which provides guidance on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). (March 30, 2004)
This testimony offers comments to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health regarding issues concerning Americans without health insurance. (March 9, 2004)
"The Questions Candidates Should Answer About ... Americans Without Health Insurance" (An Election 2004 Guide to Analyzing the Issues). (March 1, 2004)
Uninsured Subgroup 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 provide health care for the uninsured? What are the roles of individuals, employers, and government in health care financing? (September 30, 2003)
Retiree Health Work Group comments related to the proposed rule by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and retiree health benefits. (September 12, 2003)
Long-Term Care Reserve Work Group letter to NAIC that illustrates the anticipated impact of various hypothetical changes in the mortality, voluntary lapse, interest and morbidity valuation assumptions on net renewal valuation premiums and contract reserves by policy duration. (September 10, 2003)
Long-Term Care Risk-Based Capital Work Group letter to the Deputy Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania responding to concerns regarding total asset adequacy as it relates to the Long-Term Care RBC Work Group's interim report. (September 8, 2003)
Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee letter addressing general principles that should be considered in the development of and addressed by premium deficiency reserves and gross premium valuations. (September 3, 2003)
Health Practice Council comments on legislation that was introduced in both the House and Senate to regulate the use of genetic information, particularly with respect to health insurance. (May 22, 2003)
Retiree Health Insurance Work Group letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) about the actuarial measurement of retiree health benefits. (May 20, 2003)
Health Plan Work Group comments on the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 (H.R. 660 and S. 545), which would amend ERISA to establish a new “Part 8—Rules Governing Association Health Plans. (April 28, 2003)
Status Report of Task Force on Health Insurance Rate Filing
Status Report of the Task Force on Health Insurance Rate Filing. (December 31, 2002)
Health Practice Council and Pension Practice Council letter to GASB discussing concerns actuaries have about two aspects of the proposed standard, including the use of a common premium concept to determine whether an employer is subject to the accounting and reporting aspects of this standard, and, the use of an alternative (non-actuarial) approach that could be used by small employers. (December 13, 2002)
Terrorism/Extreme Events Work Group monograph examining the impact of catastrophic terrorist events on group and health coverage, including medical benefits and non-medical benefits such as group life, disability, and long-term care. (December 2, 2002)
EEOC-ADEA and Retiree Health Work Group letter that provides a list of potential issues that could complicate implementation of retiree medical safe harbors are placed into three categories — rating and measurement, plan interpretation, and other. (October 16, 2002)
