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Health-Care Reform Holds 'Bonanza' for Insurers

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2009 4:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – Regardless of how health-care reform eventually shakes out, one industry will likely reap a windfall: health insurance companies, reports the Los Angeles Times. All the leading overhaul proposals would require all citizens to have health insurance, which would guarantee tens of millions of new customers.... Read full story »

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