LA Times: Health Insurers Offer Shift on Premiums

From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington — The country's leading health insurers Tuesday offered to end their long-standing practice of charging sick customers higher premiums, a significant concession in the face of mounting criticism of the industry in Washington.

The offer from America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn., whose member companies cover more than 200 million people, comes as lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate a proposal to create a government-run insurance program.

It underscores the pressure the industry faces from Congress and the Obama administration as policymakers move ahead with plans to reshape the nation's healthcare system.

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