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by gnopgnip 1498 days ago
NY currently greatly restricts how health insurers can discriminate on price based on age to the point that age basically isn't a factor. But most states allow for a ~3x price difference based on age. The other state with a similar rule, Vermont, has a form of single payer insurance as well
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It's the federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that limits price discrimination based on age to 3×. A few states do compress that even further.

https://www.valuepenguin.com/how-age-affects-health-insuranc...

"Single payer" is just another word for Monopoly. It's insane anyone thinks this is a good idea. Just Google "quebec/canada healthcare crisis"