TERMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE:HENRY A. WAXMAN

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: July 17, 2008 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
07-17-2008
Opening Statement of Henry A. Waxman Chairman, House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform July 17, 2008
Today`s hearing begins what I hope will be a series of hearings into how
the market for individual health insurance policies works. The individual
health insurance market serves approximately 14 million Americans. Some
members of Congress cite the individual market as a model for national
health insurance reform. Yet the business practices of the companies that
sell individual health insurance policies have never ...

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