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Letter to the Des Moines Register; are you listening Grassley?

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Wed, 12/31/2008 - 12:25am — DCblogger

Back national plan for health insurance

In 2007 the average annual premium for families covered under an employee health plan is roughly $11,000, according to the National Coalition on Health Care. A study by leading national economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research concluded that under H.R. 676, a family of three making $40,000 per year would spend approximately $1,900 per year for health coverage, representing a savings of 80 percent.

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DCBlogger, do you know where I can find the Dean Baker study

By jawbone on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 6:30pm

cited in this LTE you posted on Dec. 20th? Thnx much.

Anyone? I know I'll be challenged on the 80% savings and haven't found the study through googling.

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