Bernie Sanders on junk insurance policies

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[adirondacker]

1. Bill Clinton needs to take a back seat and let Bernie do the PR on this.The insurance industry needs

to be called out, like a few years ago. Repetitively.

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2. It's not just Clinton feeding the RW spin. n/t

[freshwest]

6. K&R

[BumRushDaShow]

3. K&R

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5. Kick for more exposure. n/t

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4. Kick! n/t

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7. Kick! n/t

[sheshe2]

8. K&R! nt

[idwiyo]

9. k&r

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10. Consumer Reports: "Stingy Plans may be worse than None at All"

Consumer Reports: "Stingy Plans may be worse than None at All"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/16/1256113/-Consumer-Reports-Stingy-Plans-may-be-worse-than-None-at-All

That's based on a 2012 Consumer Reports piece. The Daily Kos post also quotes a Mother Jones piece:

Take the case of HealthMarkets Inc., a company owned by the Goldman Sachs Group and Blackstone Group, two Wall Street giants. It had run-ins with state regulators repeatedly regarding its sale of junk health insurance on the individual market. The company paid out more than $40 million in settlements with state attorneys general over its deceptive sales practices between 2008 and 2010. In 2009, for example, after a long investigation, the Massachusetts attorney general fined the company $17 million and banned it from doing business in the state for five years.