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You are here: Home / News / Denying Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Allows Insurance Companies to Charge Lower Premiums

Denying Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Allows Insurance Companies to Charge Lower Premiums

November 2, 2018 by NDNRC

A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation demonstrates how insurance companies are able to keep premiums significantly lower for short-term, limited duration health plans. One of the main ways that insurance companies keep premiums lower for these plans is by denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. The brief entitled “Why do Short-Term Health Insurance Plans Have Lower Premiums than Plans that Comply with the ACA?” shows that insurance companies are able to lower premiums 38% by excluding those individuals.

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