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Ron Wyden: “These are people who in many instances are seeing double-digit premium hikes, and they are hearing across Washington…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
These are people who in many instances are seeing double-digit premium hikes, and they are hearing across Washington that their premiums are going to go down.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the disconnect between premium increases and political assurances of reductions.

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