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First, a committee made up of medical experts, health-policy and health-economics experts, actuaries, and others—unaffiliated with the AMA and free of conflicts of interest—could reevaluate the few hundred medical codes that account for the lion’s share of medical costs.
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2025
However, according to Stephen Goss, the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary, birth rates started falling in 1965, as MarketWatch reported.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
While most actuaries work in the insurance industry, evaluating the likelihood of events such as property damage, loss, injury, illness, or death, many also work in finance and investments.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
But even the most useless actuary would advise you against opening a newsstand.
—Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2025
However, according to Stephen Goss, the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary, birth rates started falling in 1965, as MarketWatch reported.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
While most actuaries work in the insurance industry, evaluating the likelihood of events such as property damage, loss, injury, illness, or death, many also work in finance and investments.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
But even the most useless actuary would advise you against opening a newsstand.
—Nathan King, airmail.news, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Actuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actuary. Accessed 14 Mar. 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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