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Interesting, illegal under HIPAA rules but possible precedent under the Affordable Care Act? With Obamacare: > Although insurers can’t charge more for health
by codeecan 5y ago
Interesting, illegal under HIPAA rules but possible precedent under the Affordable Care Act?
With Obamacare:
> Although insurers can’t charge more for health status, they can charge up to 50% more for smoking status [1].
Under HIPAA:
> What are HIPAA's protections from discrimination?
> ... you may not be charged more than similarly situated individuals based on any health factors. [2]
Vaccines are a health status, I would think this move by Delta is illegal, but Covid Emergency Powers has given the green light for all types of discrimination and broken laws.
[1] https://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-smokers/ https://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-smokers/
[2] https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/hipaa-consumer.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/about-ebsa/our-a...