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Jay Rockefeller: “Most of consumers' health insurance premiums dollars should be going to pay for patient care, not for insurers'…”

On the recordMay 6, 2010
Most of consumers' health insurance premiums dollars should be going to pay for patient care, not for insurers' administrative costs and profits.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Rockefeller emphasized the purpose of the medical loss ratio to benefit consumers.

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