GAO Confirms Obamacare Insurance Rating Rules Increase Premiums for Young People

In a recently published (but under-reported) brief, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed that states which prevent actuarially accurate pricing of health-insurance premiums impose higher premiums on young people.

The GAO has used data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' own website. This is the department which tells us ceaselessly how beneficial Obamacare is for young people.

Read the entire article at John Goodman's Health Care Blog.

n an under-reported brief published last week, the Government Accountability Office confirmed that states which prevent accurate underwriting of health-insurance premiums by age impose higher premiums on young people. There has been no shortage of actuarial analysis of ObamaCare’s coming “rate shock” for young adults, but the GAO has used data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ own website. This is the department which tells us ceaselessly how beneficial ObamaCare is for young people. - See more at: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/government-accountability-office-confirms-health-insurance-rating-rules-hike-premiums-for-young-people/#sthash.hP7AI9mf.dpuf

n an under-reported brief published last week, the Government Accountability Office confirmed that states which prevent accurate underwriting of health-insurance premiums by age impose higher premiums on young people. There has been no shortage of actuarial analysis of ObamaCare’s coming “rate shock” for young adults, but the GAO has used data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ own website. This is the department which tells us ceaselessly how beneficial ObamaCare is for young people. - See more at: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/government-accountability-office-confirms-health-insurance-rating-rules-hike-premiums-for-young-people/#sthash.hP7AI9mf.dpuf

n an under-reported brief published last week, the Government Accountability Office confirmed that states which prevent accurate underwriting of health-insurance premiums by age impose higher premiums on young people. There has been no shortage of actuarial analysis of ObamaCare’s coming “rate shock” for young adults, but the GAO has used data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ own website. This is the department which tells us ceaselessly how beneficial ObamaCare is for young people. - See more at: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/government-accountability-office-confirms-health-insurance-rating-rules-hike-premiums-for-young-people/#sthash.hP7AI9mf.dpuf