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Health Insurers Offer to Drop Overcharging for Illness

HeadlineMar 25, 2009

The nation’s private healthcare industry has made a new concession in its effort to stave off proposals for a government-run healthcare program. On Tuesday, the two main health insurance trade groups said they would be willing to stop charging sick people higher fees if all Americans were required to buy insurance. The proposal doesn’t completely rule out continuing charging varying premiums and would only apply to individual customers, not small businesses.

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