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Can health insurance companies charge the unvaccinated higher premiums? What about life insurers? 5 questions answered

  • Written by: Kosali Simon, Professor of Health Economics, Indiana University
Can health insurance companies charge the unvaccinated higher premiums? What about life insurers? 5 questions answeredLaws restrict the ways insurers can use vaccination status to affect coverage or premiums.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

The current COVID-19 wave in the U.S. is mostly affecting unvaccinated Americans, who represent more than 95% of current cases of hospitalization and death.

Given the average cost of a COVID-19 hospitalization in 2020 ran about...

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