HealthCare Notes

1/16/14

Four Major Insurers Accused Of Discriminating Against Women In Long-Term Care Plans

www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/16/3176091/major-insurers-discriminate-gender-long-term-care/
"The long-term care industry has long maintained that Obamacare’s rules barring insurers from charging women more for their health care don’t apply to them. Early last year, the nation’s largest long-term care insurer announced that it be charging women between 20 and 40 percent more in monthly premiums.
Industry experts predicted the practice would become a trend — a prediction that has proven true. NWLC’s complaints are targeting Genworth Financial, John Hancock, Transamerica, and Mutual of Omaha."