Eric Walters
ASA, MAAA
Consulting Actuary
Boise, ID, US
Eric is a consulting actuary with the Boise office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2014.
Experience
Eric works with a variety of corporate, public, and multiemployer clients as a healthcare consultant. His assignments include post-retirement benefit valuations, rate calculations and renewals, benchmarking analysis, estimations of liabilities and reserves, and Medicare Part D attestations.
He also manages the development and maintenance of Milliman-wide claims cost and healthcare trend models.
Publications and Presentations
Eric's most recent publications include:
- Milliman Retiree Health Cost Index (September 2022, May 2023)
- Multiemployer Alert: Extension of deadlines for COBRA elections and COBRA payments (June 2020)
Professional Designations
- Associate, Society of Actuaries
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BS (cum laude), Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Publications
Read their latest work
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2024 Milliman Retiree Health Cost Index
14 May 2024 - by Robert Schmidt, Eric Walters
Retirement planning: How much money will you need to cover your healthcare expenses?
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Retirement planning: How much money will you need to cover your healthcare expenses?
01 May 2023 - by Robert Schmidt, Eric Walters
Milliman’s Retiree Health Cost Index (RHCI) measures the amount of savings (net of taxes) needed at age 65 to pay for a retiree’s remaining lifetime healthcare costs.
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Retirement planning: How much money will you need to cover your healthcare expenses?
22 September 2022 - by Robert Schmidt, Eric Walters
We review the average projected cost for a 65-year-old under the two most common pathways for Medicare-eligible retirees and explore how these costs may vary
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2021 Retiree Health Cost Estimates
02 August 2021 - by Robert Schmidt, Eric Walters
We present our latest numbers on how much healthcare will cost retirees going forward.
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Multiemployer Alert: Extension of deadlines for COBRA elections and COBRA payments
09 June 2020 - by Sean Silva, Eric Walters
On April 28, 2020, the Departments of Labor and Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service jointly issued guidance extending certain deadlines related to COBRA continuation coverage.
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Retiree health cost estimates
02 June 2020 - by Robert Schmidt, Eric Walters
Each year, Milliman produces estimates of retiree health costs that are updated each year.