Discrimination by Insurers Likely Even With Reform, Experts Say

Economic Pressure Could Give Rise to New Biases Against Prior Conditions

Any health-care overhaul that Congress and President Obama enact is likely to have as its centerpiece a fundamental reform: Insurers would not be allowed to reject individuals or charge them higher premiums based on their medical history.

But simply banning medical discrimination would not necessarily remove it from the equation, economists and health-care analysts say.

If insurers are prohibited from openly rejecting people with ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Huffington Post (Health Care), Patrick Ruffini, Tom Friedman

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by Norman Rogers - Dec. 12, 2009

The real problem is that not rejecting people for preexisting conditions is an economic impossibility unless there is only one insurance company (i.e. national health). The reasons are obvious and that this is never mentioned by the media is a symptom of a lack of critical analysis.

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