An Actuarial View of Health Care Public Policy Proposals
The number of bills which purport to expand access to public health insurance plans is now in the [...]
An Actuary Looks at 50
It’s been twenty-five years since I began my daily routine of putting on a tie (really), driving a few [...]
Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Will Employers Fund Individual Market Coverage?
On June 13th, 2019, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule[1] that [...]
The Lionfish in ACA Markets
I'm diving in, I'm going deep, in over my head I want to be Caught in the rush, tossed [...]
Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue
Her text message read: “The school is on lockdown, but don’t worry I’m safe.” It was not the [...]
The Democratic Presidential Debates and Health Care Policy
Whether or not one supports any of the candidates in the debate or the other party, they provide interesting [...]
So How Would You Fix Health Care Grandpa?
My grandkids periodically ask me about my work. They understand that I am a heath care consultant and [...]
Risk-Based Capital Considerations for Self-Funded Plans
Two of the main reasons why businesses choose to self-fund their employee health care benefits are (1) to [...]
Streamline Your Healthcare Analytics by Embedding Benchmarking
Too often meaningless and unnecessarily complex healthcare analysis is prepared and presented to leadership without explaining what it [...]
ACA Premium Changes: We Need a New Measuring Stick
Guilty!!! I wrote the lead article in the February edition of the Society of Actuaries Social Insurance and [...]