SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: October 29. 3009
EXCERPT: "Kaiser Health News recently examined how health care reform legislation may affect the insurance industry practice known as gender rating, in which insurers use gender as a factor in determining the cost of policies. The practice often results in women paying more than men for similar policies because they typically use more medical services, such as maternity and reproductive health care. Some advocacy groups argue that using gender as a basis to charge more for health insurance is discriminatory and are pushing for it to be made illegal under health reform, according to KHN." more
RELATED LINK:
Gold, Jenny. Fight Erupts over Health Insurance Rates for Businesses with more Women. Kaiser Health News. TOPICS: Health Disparities, Health Reform, Insurance. October 25, 2009.
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