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Panel sets rate plan for health coverage

Low-earners would pay up to 6.6% of income

By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff / August 17, 2006

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Lower-income uninsured residents would have to pay up to 6.6 percent of their income to buy health coverage under a state panel's recommendation, an amount that is more than is typically paid by higher-income people with employer-provided insurance. (Full article: 1012 words)

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