I would expect a lot of exclusionary blocs based on a perception (maybe mistaken, maybe not) that some group of people has more expensive health care needs. Exclude women of childbearing age and avoid all the expenses associated with having babies. Exclude people over 70 and reduce the risk of having to pay for extended care and multiple illnesses. Those are such big exclusions it's possible to imagine legal remedies. But how about excluding male homosexuals and immigrants, to reduce the bloc's risk of dealing with HIV infection? It may be a foolish tactic, but the Red Cross does it....
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Date: 2007-03-14 09:00 pm (UTC)