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New study: Jay helped cut health-care costs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new study by the Commonwealth Fund shows Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., succeeded in cutting health-care costs for thousands of West Virginians by limiting corporate profits and executive salaries.
Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wrote a provision included in the new federal Affordable Care Act to lower overhead costs that health insurance companies can charge consumers.
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New study: Jay helped cut health-care costs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new study by the Commonwealth Fund shows Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., succeeded in cutting health-care costs for thousands of West Virginians by limiting corporate profits and executive salaries.
Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wrote a provision included in the new federal Affordable Care Act to lower overhead costs that health insurance companies can charge consumers.
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