For decades, independent experts at the American Academy of Actuaries and the Congressional Budget Office have repeatedly found premiums for older workers would be higher as a result of association health plan legislation. The bill has only superficial protections from discrimination based on health status and is entirely silent on discrimination in pricing against older individuals. And in fact, by explicitly allowing associations to base premiums on the risk factor of each employee within the group, it invites them to discriminate against other characteristics. (02:13–02:24)
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Asserts that the bill has superficial protections against health status discrimination and is silent on pricing discrimination against older individuals.
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