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IAAHS Online Journal – Issue 2005-2 – 30 April 2005 The IAAHS Online Journal Main Page Welcome to the 2005-2 issue of the IAAHS Online Journal. The former issues of the Journal ( 2003/1 , 2004/1 and 2005/1 ) provided a wealth of information and news about the IAAHS and international health related issues, and permanent reference to key health-related organizations, publications, statistics, database, articles, and the like. This issue, in contrast, is devoted to the contributions of the IAAHS members. In addition a report on risk adjustment in the German healthcare system and a discussion on the questionable value of new drugs, we present the on-going activity of the IAAHS – the Topic Teams that were introduced in the last issue of the Journal, designed to bring HS members together to work on problems and areas of interest to a broad cross-section of the members. We hope you will be enticed enough to join one (or more) of the teams and contribute from your knowledge and experience to the teams and to the IAAHS community. The International Actuarial Association Health Section (IAAHS) was created by the IAA on May 17, 2003, following the success of the 1st International Health Seminar in Cancun in March 2002. The IAAHS promotes and facilitates international exchange of views, advice, research and practical information among actuaries involved with public and private health issues such as policy and program design, research and planning, adequacy and services delivery, sustainability, insurance, pre-funding and other financing methods. The IAAHS is managed by the IAAHS Committee , according to the IAAHS Rules . Since then we had a very successful 2nd International Health Colloquium in Dresden in April 2004, and our nearly 350 members are now organizing the Third International Health Colloquium in Paris in 2006 and the following one in South Africa in 2007. The Online Journal supports the objectives of the IAAHS, is a non-refereed forum for communications and knowledge-sharing for IAAHS members, health actuaries, professionals, academics, and others who are interested in private and public health issues. However, we need your input – comments, suggestions, references and resources, articles and workpapers. The Journal will only be as successful as you, and other readers, make it. We wait your input – please refer all communications to the editor, Yair Babad .
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