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On the recordMarch 16, 1994
Which means in fact that when you can provide an opportunity for those businesses, who in fact now are subsidizing those businesses that are not covering their employees, you are going to provide these businesses and these employers with an opportunity to see their rates lowered, their premiums lowered, and in fact save money.
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Nancy L. Johnson
Connecticut

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Discussing the impact of business subsidies on employee coverage and insurance rates.

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