It's time for Congress to put a stop to health insurance companies discriminating based on age! Americans aged 50 to 64 are currently charged five times or more for health insurance than a younger person -- just because of their age.
It's a practice called "age rating," which insurance companies use to deliberately make health care more expensive for older Americans, driving up the ranks of the uninsured among them. And it must change.
Because people develop health problems as they age, and because people with insurance tend to be healthier, failing to provide affordable health care for people age 50 to 64 will simply mean they'll get sicker and their care will cost more once they become eligible for Medicare. It also means that many Americans won't get the care they need when they need it.
That's why Congress must provide older Americans with a choice of health care plans they can afford. It's simply wrong to discriminate based on someone's age. Sign the petition below to tell Congress to give all Americans access to affordable health care and end discriminatory insurance practices!
We took action on “End Discriminatory Health Insurance Practices”!
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4:08 am PST, Nov 21,Mel Sinclair, Texas
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3:42 pm PST, Nov 20,Laura Poskus, Illinois
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12:04 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
This is appallingly illogical!
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11:34 am PST, Nov 20,Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
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9:41 am PST, Nov 19,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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4:15 am PST, Nov 19,Rose Lentz, Pennsylvania
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10:41 pm PST, Nov 18,Matthew Redding, Oregon
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11:37 am PST, Nov 18,Frank Gutierrez, California
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11:29 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, Washington
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5:31 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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4:52 pm PST, Nov 17,Christine Dufour, Connecticut
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4:51 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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4:22 pm PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, California
This is appallingly illogical!
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4:37 pm PST, Nov 15,Susann Balk, Michigan
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5:54 pm PST, Nov 14,Vicki Muncie, Ohio
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10:04 am PST, Nov 13,ML Ewing, Illinois
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6:27 am PST, Nov 13,Jenny Oestli, Norway
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4:39 am PST, Nov 13,Allyson Sites, Indiana
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10:21 am PST, Nov 11,Jane Steadman, Colorado
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4:38 am PST, Nov 11,Neal Jeffries, Florida
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4:08 pm PST, Nov 9,Charlotte Davis, Nevada
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1:10 pm PST, Nov 9,Sherwood Dunlop, Colorado
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12:15 am PST, Nov 9,Ashley Schultz, California
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6:56 pm PST, Nov 6,Name not displayed, Florida
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5:13 pm PST, Nov 5,Marsh Syverson, California
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10:10 am PST, Nov 5,Brenda Manies, Florida
Dear Senator,
Please work to stop all forms of discrimination... are you opporating from concern for the people of America or from greed and corporate need?
What would Jesus do? What would a compassionate, wise, and decent man/woman do? I think the answer is easy if you look into your heart and not into the corporate bank accounts with their contributions to buy favors from our government officials.
Please do not forget that the working class people of America support the this country with their lives (the lives of their children) and pay their share of taxes with their hard earned money to protect and serve this nation.
Don't wait, I think the majority of Americans are tired of carrying the load while they watch their government make choices (or not) that are not really helping the American people and the future of their children. One day the American people will say enough is enough although I am not sure what that will look like, but it won't be pretty.
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8:20 am PST, Nov 4,James Little, California
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5:37 am PST, Nov 4,Daniel Curran, New York
Let's "Man Up" here and do the right thing!
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4:19 am PST, Nov 3,Andreea Schneider, Romania
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11:33 pm PST, Nov 2,Eva Bartolome, California
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8:10 pm PST, Nov 2,MELISSA FERNS, Michigan
Dear Senator,
Each day more and more older Americans are being priced out of affordable health insurance, often due to a discriminatory practice called age rating, which insurance companies use to charge Americans over 50 as much as five times or more than a younger person -- based solely on their age, not their health. The practice of age rating is swelling the ranks of the uninsured among older Americans. Because people develop health problems as they age, and because people with insurance tend to be healthier, failing to provide affordable health care for older Americans will simply mean they'll get sicker and their care will cost more once they become eligible for Medicare.
That's why I want you to support legislation that prevents insurance companies from charging older Americans unaffordable rates for health coverage. Preventing age rating, as well as prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage to those with a health condition, would allow Americans age 50 to 64 who can't find affordable health insurance today to buy the coverage they need. Preventing age rating is a critical part of making insurance affordable to people in this age group.
I urge you to provide older Americans with a choice of health care plans they can afford. Unless we provide this age group with access to affordable health insurance, the ranks of the uninsured will keep going up, their costs will continue to skyrocket, and older Americans will not be able to get the care they need.
Sincerely,
Melissa Ferns
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10:13 pm PST, Nov 1,Patricia Stewart, Louisiana
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10:02 pm PST, Nov 1,Linda Wheeldon, Canada
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5:04 pm PST, Nov 1,Olga Azovsky, New York
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4:09 pm PDT, Oct 30,Name not displayed, New York
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10:55 pm PDT, Oct 29,Kekuhoumana Ka'ahea, California
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12:59 pm PDT, Oct 29,L Gols, Massachusetts
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7:25 pm PDT, Oct 28,Esther Chavez, California
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1:03 pm PDT, Oct 28,Kristin Sobditch, California
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11:45 am PDT, Oct 28,Anastasia Fiandaca, California
