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Eliot Engel: “If we allow the purchase of insurance policies across state lines, why wouldn't employers look to purchase insurance on…”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
If we allow the purchase of insurance policies across state lines, why wouldn't employers look to purchase insurance on the basis of the least cost to them and not on the basis of whether it will adequately provide coverage or payments to providers?
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel questions the implications of allowing insurance purchases across state lines.

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