A group of actuaries is urging House leaders to think carefullybefore they try to change the current Affordable Care Actsystem.

Shari Westerfield, the vice president of theHealth Practice Council at the Washington-based American Academy ofActuaries, has written to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and toRep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the minority leader, to say thatsimply repealing the ACA, or canceling major provisions withoutmaking other adjustments, could make problems in the individualmajor medical insurance market worse.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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