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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. 'They' did not do that. The ACA allows for it ...

Reply to Poiuyt (Original post)

Tue Aug 31, 2021, 01:05 AM

Aug 2021

ACA doesn't allow insurers to up and decide different premiums because of pre-existing conditions, except as allowed for in the law.

So no, they haven't.

Guessing it would require an Act of Congress.

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Have any health insurance companies attached a surcharge for unvaccinated people? [View all] Poiuyt Aug 2021 OP

Delta Airlines, while not an insurance company, self funds health insurance. alwaysinasnit Aug 2021 #1

Can't do it per the ACA, except for smoking, and then only if the employer offers Ocelot II Aug 2021 #2

'They' did not do that. The ACA allows for it ... Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #3

Is not being vaccinated a pre-existing condition? totodeinhere Aug 2021 #4

The language isn't pre-exisiting condition. Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #5

I was responding to post #3. That poster used the term "pre-existing conditions" totodeinhere Aug 2021 #6

Tricky Legal Point ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #7

Pre-existing condition is just shorthand for the very few exceptions permitted Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #8

Not At All My Point ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #11

You are suggesting raising a premium based on something that is not one of the 5 permitted Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #12

You were using that term, and suggested that based on that term Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #9

As I said, I only used the term because that poster that I responded to used it. And totodeinhere Aug 2021 #10