Obama Administration to Investigate Insurers for Bias Against Costly Conditions

December 23, 2014

(New York Times) – The Obama administration said Monday that it would investigate prescription drug coverage and other benefits offered by health insurance companies to see if they discriminated against people with AIDS, mental illness, diabetes or other costly chronic conditions. The administration said it had become aware of “discriminatory benefit designs” that discouraged people from enrolling because of age or medical condition.