The ACA had laid down very clear guidelines stating that insurance companies could not charge older people premiums that are more than three times the premiums paid by young people. Theoretically, medical insurance should be a game of averages, the goal being that everyone should share the burden equally. The ACA tried to limit how much insurance companies could stray from that ideal. It seems the Trump administration wanted to allow insurance companies to charge their older customers up to 3.49 times as much as younger people, using the argument that 3.49 rounds down to 3. I’m almost
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