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Dewhurst says health care overhaul will bust Texas’ budget
WASHINGTON – Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst warned Wednesday that new federal health care legislation will bust Texas’ budget, saddling state taxpayers with $27 billion in extra costs over the next decade.

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UK house insurance premiums to rise dramatically as climate change increases flood risk
Association of British Insurers warns some areas of Britain will become uninsurable Climate change will increase the risk of flooding in the UK, which could lead to dramatic rises in insurance premiums for homeowners and businesses and make some areas of the country uninsurable, the Association of British Insurers has warned. “Flood risk is the main catastrophic risk in the UK and we know that …

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New high-risk health care pool for Missouri approved
Some 3,000 Missourians unable to buy health insurance due to a pre-existing condition are eligible for a new high-risk pool as part of health care reform.

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Kandiyohi County To Pay Some Health Care Premiums
A west-central Minnesota county is taking steps to help some of its poorest and sickest residents from slipping through the health care cracks. The Kandiyohi County Board agreed Tuesday to pay a $4 per-person monthly insurance premium to enroll the low-income adults in MinnesotaCare for six months.

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99% of the claims made in favor of the house health care bill are outright lies. It is amazing that people believe these things. Explain to me how if private insurance companies are forced to cover people with preexisting illnesses and not allowed to discriminate on a variety of factors, costs go down.

I am looking to purchase my own health insurance instead of going through my company. I know that the company takes out the cost on a pre-tax basis, but their insurance is not the greatest. If I do decided to sign up for health insurance, will I be able to use the cost of my own health insurance as a deduction fo tax purposes?