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CMS Actuaries: Private Health Insurance Spending to Keep Growing
By Allison BellU.S. private health insurer spending on health care could increase about 65% between now and 2020, government researchers say.
August 03, 2011
The miracle of tax-deferred compound interestHelp your clients understand the amazing benefit of tax deferral.
August 03, 2011
AAA: We Should Have Access to PBR Study DataThe American Academy of Actuaries has created rigorous, detailed procedures for protecting against potential conflicts of interests, and its members can and should play a role in principles-based reserving experience reporting, the group's leader says.
August 03, 2011
An Ideal Plan for Business Owners in a HurryAt a time when businesses nationwide are jettisoning defined benefit pension plans in droves because of the prohibitively high cost, a niche of the DB market is thriving: 412(e)(3) plans.
August 02, 2011
Larsen: PPACA Rate Review Rules WorkAn Obama administration official defended the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rate review provisions today at a Senate hearing.
August 02, 2011
GAO: Most Medicare Part D Drug List Changes Helped EnrolleesMost of the Medicare Part D prescription plan drug list changes that insurers made in the middle of 2008 and 2009 expanded enrollees' access to drugs, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
August 02, 2011
Don't over-think referralsIn the early stages of my career, I put too much thought into each client with whom I met.
August 02, 2011
ASPPA: Why is Labor Trying to Regulate IRAs?The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries says the U.S. Labor Department should keep individual retirement accounts out of a proposed update of the retirement plan fiduciary definition.