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Tom Harkin: “Our legislation will end the discriminatory insurance industry practice of jacking up premiums because an employee got…”

On the recordNovember 2, 2009
Our legislation will end the discriminatory insurance industry practice of jacking up premiums because an employee got sick or older or because the business hired a woman.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights reforms to prevent discrimination in health insurance premiums.

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