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[Denver Dave]

Required insurance law sets standard
Poll: 55 percent would support law like that in Massachusetts

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- By next summer, Massachusetts may cross a threshold that has eluded presidents, governors and other political leaders for generations by becoming the first state to require universal health care coverage.

Massachusetts took a major step toward that accomplishment Wednesday when Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation designed to guarantee coverage for virtually all residents by July 2007, including an estimated 550,000 people who are now uninsured.

See article: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/04/13/mass.health.ap/index.html
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Are we insuring profits or people? How are pre-existing conditions that would exclude from coverage handled?