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On the recordApril 19, 2010
the five largest health insurance companies took in a combined profit of 12.2 billion, which was up 50 percent--56 percent--over 2008.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights the disparity between rising costs for families and profits for insurers.

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