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barbazooyesterday at 7:53 PM3 repliesview on HN

In other words coverage will soon be denied implicitly to people with these markers? Or will people opt out of coverage?


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insuranceguruyesterday at 9:47 PM

It’s less about denying coverage and more about accurate risk pooling. If an insurer knows a specific marker leads to a 90% chance of a million-dollar claim, they have to price for that. If they don't, the 'healthy' people in the pool end up subsidizing the high-risk ones until the premium becomes too expensive for everyone and the pool collapses (adverse selection). The real challenge is that regulators often won't let insurers price high enough for those risks, which is why many companies just stop offering LTC (Long-Term Care) altogether.

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ch4s3yesterday at 11:28 PM

Not in the US it’s illegal under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008.

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cyanydeezyesterday at 10:09 PM

YEsh, they'll both raise your rates for not submitting this data and raise your rates for being in the cohert that's susceptible; they'll also raise everyone elses rates for having to recalculate the tables!