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floblu14

12/20/09 5:23 PM

#87839 RE: bladerunner1717 #87838

Who wins, who loses in Senate health bill -

Longshoremen, plastic surgeons, community health centers among winners in Senate health bill

LOSERS

Generic drug makers. They fought unsuccessfully to block 12 years of protection that makers of brand-name biotech drugs -- expensive pharmaceuticals made from living cells -- will get against generic would-be competitors.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Who-wins-who-loses-in-Senate-apf-2259794401.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode=
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DewDiligence

12/20/09 9:16 PM

#87848 RE: bladerunner1717 #87838

How can you describe the Senate bill as a win for health insurers when it contains a hard limit on the allowable medical loss ratio?

I’d like to hear zipjet’s opinion on this; my initial reaction to this provision of the Senate bill was that it could be construed as a violation of the due process clause in the US Constitution.