California health insurers discriminate against women, lawsuit contends
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
San Francisco's city attorney sues state regulators, saying they approved a system that allows the insurance companies to use 'gender rating' when pricing individual policies. California insurers are discriminating against women, charging them more for individual health insurance than men, the city of San Francisco maintained in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the state regulators who govern them.