8 pages. Excerpt: Researchers and industry specialists have been commenting on the drivers of health care cost increases for some time, yet despite some temporary periods of lower growth, high spending growth continues to challenge us today. This issue brief, prepared by the American Academy of Actuaries' Uninsured Work Group, reviews some of the major causes of health spending growth. It focuses on drivers of health spending growth that are actuarial in nature and examines various options that have been proposed to address them.  MORE >>