Skip to main content

The old and the beautiful: How age and gender affect costs and premiums in commercial health care

8 June 2017

As we age, we typically acquire acute and chronic medical conditions and the prevalence of many chronic medical conditions increases significantly. And age/gender rating is an area in which actuarial considerations are often in direct tension with social or public policy considerations.

This article was published in the The Actuary magazine.

Read or print the article


About the Author(s)

Doug Norris

Erica Baird (formerly, Erica Rode)

We’re here to help