Foo - Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more

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KingTermite
03-24-09, 02:17 PM
WASHINGTON – The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems.

The offer from America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a potentially significant shift in the debate over reforming the nation's health care system to rein in costs and cover an estimated 48 million uninsured people. It was contained in a letter to key senators.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/insurers_sick_people