Tagged: Gender Rating

Women's Healthcare
4:40 pm
Mon March 26, 2012

Study: Health Insurers Charge Idaho Women Hundreds More Than Men

Credit Photo courtesy of National Women's Law Center
Women are being charged more for health insurance.

A new nationwide study says Idaho has one of the widest gaps between how much money insurers charge men and women. The survey by the National Women’s Law Center found women pay around $700 more each year. The practice, known as “gender rating,” is banned under the health care overhaul now before the nation’s highest court.

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