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Sep 2023
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Health-Insurance Costs to Rise 6.5% or M...

The Wall Street Journal
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The cost of health insurance is expected to rise by the largest amount in years. WSJ reporter Anna Wilde Mathews joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss why costs are rising, and who’ll pay more. 

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