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Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare

Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.

Senh: Is this even legal? Isn't this discrimination? Sure, it'll probably force some people smoke less or watch their weight, but still.

Case against Blue Cross shows difficulty of cutting health costs

As health care costs soared nationally, a small Michigan firm gave Ford Motor Co. a proposal to cut its physical therapy costs. The automaker signed up for an in-state pilot program, which was so successful Ford expanded it last year to cover about 390,000 employees, retirees and their families nationwide. Yet the cost-saving program created by Pontiac-based TheraMatrix has come under attack from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

U.S. to Let Insurers Raise Fees for Sick Children

The Obama administration said insurers could charge more for children with medical issues, if states allowed it.

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Consumer group: Insurers kept surplus while hiking premiums

Non-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans stockpiled billions of dollars during the past decade, yet continued to hit consumers with double-digit premium increases, Consumers Union found in an analysis of 10 of the plans' finances.

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Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare

Case against Blue Cross shows difficulty of cutting health costs

U.S. to Let Insurers Raise Fees for Sick Children

Consumer group: Insurers kept surplus while hiking premiums