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Key Facts On July 1, Centene withdrew its 2025 guidance following an independent actuary’s estimate that the company’s Obamacare revenue assumptions were too high.
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Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The doula reimbursement is capped at $1,200 per client, a rate set by an actuary hired by the state of Ohio.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Social Security’s chief actuary calculated, based on the assumptions of the 2024 Trustees Report, the impact of eliminating the earnings limit and subjecting all earnings to the 12.4% payroll tax without offsetting benefit increases for very high income earners.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
One proposal scored by the Social Security Administration’s actuaries found raising the full retirement age to 70 would eliminate 26% of the program’s 75-year shortfall.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 31 May 2025
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Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The doula reimbursement is capped at $1,200 per client, a rate set by an actuary hired by the state of Ohio.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Social Security’s chief actuary calculated, based on the assumptions of the 2024 Trustees Report, the impact of eliminating the earnings limit and subjecting all earnings to the 12.4% payroll tax without offsetting benefit increases for very high income earners.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
One proposal scored by the Social Security Administration’s actuaries found raising the full retirement age to 70 would eliminate 26% of the program’s 75-year shortfall.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 31 May 2025
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“Actuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actuary. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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actuary
noun
ac·tu·ary
ˈak-chə-ˌwer-ē 
-shə-
plural actuaries
: a person who calculates insurance premiums and dividends
actuarial
adjective
ˌak-chə-ˈwer-ē-əl
Legal Definition
actuary
noun
ac·tu·ary
ˈak-chə-ˌwer-ē, -shə-
plural actuaries
: a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends
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