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Milliman’s report on mental health and addiction parity says behavioral care is more likely to be provided out of network than medical or surgical care.

Milliman studied state employer health plans for 30 states and found that the overall insurance premium growth increases in some states were dramatic.

Jim O’Connor says that most states are likely to approve ACA plan premium rates with an extra margin built in for the potential loss of the cost-sharing payments.

CNN quotes a Milliman study in an article on the proposed Republican healthcare bill.

Milliman estimates that if insurers were allowed to charge older people five times more than young ones, adults in their 20s would see their annual premiums drop by 15% next year.

Jim O’Connor says that insurers almost certainly won’t sell health policies at the same price in multiple states.

Tom Snook says that the problems the health exchanges are having in Arizona are indicative of those problems nationwide.

Milliman is partnering with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the Actuarial Challenge, a competition in which teams of actuaries will develop and test feasible solutions to improve the performance of the individual health insurance market.

Tom Snook says that the industry is underestimating the cost of the ACA market.

Milliman says Medicaid insurers may have several advantages over companies grounded in traditional insurance coverage.

Joanne Buckle says there are currently big growth opportunities in Asia for health insurers.

Milliman says the cost of U.S. healthcare coverage is projected to rise 4.7% this year.

Bruce Pyenson has been named a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

Scott Weltz discusses the Milliman Medical Index topping $25,000 in 2016.

Tom Snook discusses how tweaks and court cases regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are creating instability.

Prescription drug costs advanced by 13.6% in 2015, according to Milliman.

Darrell D. Spell discusses critical illness insurance and actual risk.

Tom Snook discusses how health insurance losses last year put a spotlight on this year.

The Milliman Medical Index says that the typical American family of four covered by an employer-sponsored health plan paid $24,671 last year on healthcare costs alone.

Howard Kahn says that hospitals that initially refused to give up fee-for-service contracts are starting to concede that value-based payment is unavoidable.