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March 25, 2009

Health Insurers Offer to Drop Overcharging for Illness
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The nation’s private healthcare industry has made a new concession in
its effort to stave off proposals for a government-run healthcare
program. On Tuesday, the two main health insurance trade groups said
they would be willing to stop charging sick people higher fees if all
Americans were required to buy insurance. The proposal doesn’t
completely rule out continuing charging varying premiums and would only
apply to individual customers, not small businesses.



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