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...three times as many cattle as people, and a typical day in January is a balmy 20°F. But the folks who live here, unlike those in many other parts of the country, have jobs. And not only haven't they felt the bite of the housing-market collapse, but their houses have actually inched up in value. The recession, by and large, never made it to places like Bismarck (pop. 60,000). While the local economy is hardly bulletproof, for every bit of bad news - the Bobcat plant's summer shutdowns, say - there's more than...
Insurance companies say a public plan would have "built-in advantages" that would allow it to "take over" the insurance market...
...This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] Top 5 Insurers 2008 Market Share United Health Group 11.8% WELL POINT* 8.9% KAISER PERMANENTE 7.6% Aetna 4.2% HUMANA...
...public plan with millions of members could use its large market share as a negotiating tool to get doctors and hospitals to accept lower reimbursement rates for individual services...
Sources: Number of uninsured: CDC, 2006 data; poll data: ABC News/Washington Post, June 18-21, 2009; potential enrollees to a public plan: the Lewin Group, April 2009; insurance-company market share: National Association of Insurance Commissioners