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Dems Lash Out at Insurance Industry

They move to eliminate anti-trust exemption

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 1:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – All-out war broke out between the Democrats and the insurers today, with Chuck Schumer calling for an amendment to the health care bill that would remove the industry’s long-standing anti-trust immunity. Schumer called the exemption “one of the worst accidents of American history,... Read full story »

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