The Health Practice Council released an issue brief, Surprise Medical Bills: An Overview of the Problem and Approaches to Address It, providing an overview of the surprise-billing problem and insights on approaches how to address it. Read the news release.

In the September/October issue of Contingencies, the cover story, “Bugging Out,” explores the tug-of-war between antibiotics and pathogens. Click through for a hard-hitting feature on the costs and potential paths forward on drug-resistant “superbugs.” Other features include “Lead and Succeed”—advice for first-time personnel managers ... even veteran leaders may find some new wisdom worth applying; and “Calculating Despair,” on the costs—financial and societal—of drug abuse, alcoholism, and suicide.

The Longevity Risk Task Force submitted a comment letter to the NAIC Longevity Risk (A/E) Subgroup providing additional assumption sensitivities to the proposed longevity C-2 risk factors. 

The Pension Committee, Multiemployer Plans Committee, and Public Plans Committee submitted comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding exposure drafts of Actuarial Standard of Practice Nos. 27 and 35.

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