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WhiteTara

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68. By unwinding, do you mean

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:22 PM

Mar 2016

how do I know that? I was an adult during those years and before 1973, insurance was non profit. Nixon was a monster.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Transcript_of_taped_conversation_between_President_Richard_Nixon_and_John_D._Ehrlichman_(1971)_that_led_to_the_HMO_act_of_1973:
Transcript of taped conversation between President Richard Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman (1971) that led to the HMO act of 1973:

http://thecriticalaye.com/2011/08/31/skyrocketing-health-care-costs-thanks-president-nixon/
Skyrocketing health care costs: Thanks President Nixon!

http://businesspractices.kaiserpapers.org/nixononkaiser.html
businesspractices.kaiserpapers.org

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By unwinding, do you mean WhiteTara Mar 2016 #68

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