Tag: health insurance reform
Posted on Sun Oct 25, 2009 at 12:07:29 PM EST
Tags: health insurance reform (all tags)
Studies show women pay up to 50% more than men in health insurance premiums when they buy individual policies in Colorado. It's not just because of maternity coverage:
They pay more even when maternity coverage is not included. And in many cases, a female nonsmoker pays more for health coverage than a man who smokes.
Pending federal health care legislation would change that. What do the insurance companies say?
... the insurance industry warns that lowering premiums for younger women could mean higher premiums for most everyone else.
...Insurance companies probably would have to raise prices on other groups to make up the difference if they were forced to lower prices for younger women, said Tom Gosselin, director of small-group underwriting at Anthem.
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