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The insurer reverses course and now will provide refunds to nonsmokers who didn't receive the available 25-35% discount.
Jump to full article: Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, 2006-05-12
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We've concluded that we are on the wrong side of this issue. We have done a lot at Blue Cross around the issue of tobacco cessation and prevention of smoking. We have members that are nonsmokers and we want to reward them in any way that we can.
Richard Neuner, senior vice president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, which will issue refunds to nonsmoking policyholders who claim they were unfairly charged higher smokers' premium rates.
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