The CBO estimates that premiums would increase about 10 percent as
a result of this adverse selection.
Not exact matches
The antagonistic pleiotropic theory first proposed by Williams in 1957 states that aging is the
result of the natural
selection of many genes with pleiotropic function that benefit the young but will have an
adverse effect later in life.
And the fact is, appeals often are successful and achieve meaningful relief from
adverse trial
results, especially if the appellant is careful in its
selection of the issues for appeal.
This
adverse selection results in the health plan's membership consisting mainly
of people with health problems who thought they'd probably spend more than $ 500 per month if they had to pay their own health care bills.
ADVERSE SELECTION Occurs when plan enrollees include a higher percentage
of high - risk individuals than are in the average population,
resulting in the potential for greater health care utilization and, therefore, increased costs.
Our
results suggest that differential
selection accounts for some
of the health disparities between married and widowed persons, but it fails to explain why individuals in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the
adverse consequences
of widowhood for health.