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					<title><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Health Bill Has No Clothes]]></title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Senate Finance bill voted out of committee yesterday would do nothing short of blow up the private insurance market.</p>
<p>You don't need to be Einstein or a PwC actuary to come to that conclusion. Common sense is all the credential you need.</p>
<p>Beginning in 2013, the Senate Finance bill would make uninsured individuals eligible for premium credits to buy a health policy. But those credits would leave these people far short of being able to really afford a health insurance policy. A family of four at 250% of poverty and making $55,000 a year ($52,000 is the median household income in the U.S.) would have to pay about $4,000 toward their premiums and that for a policy with a...]]></description>
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