One of the greatest promises of the Affordable Care Act is that if you are sick or get sick, health insurers can no longer charge you more or avoid covering you altogether. Patient groups say they’ve spotted an alarming trend of some health insurance plans designing drug benefits to purposefully keep out sicker, costlier patients. It’s currently the subject of a federal complaint, and a new study offers evidence this is happening across the country. Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of medicine, is a coauthor of the study.
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