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The Insurance Industry Continual Shakedown Act
On pages 20-22 of the Healthcare Reform act, it makes it illegal for insurance companies to "dump" high-risk enrollees into the public pool. The language of the bill gives "dumping" a pretty broad definition (they only have to be "encouraged to disenroll") so you can just imagine cost overruns ...
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