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Old 03-03-2010, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by echoes long ago View Post
its not that the congressman would have an effect directly on the insurance company but that the congressman could have an effect on medicare rules which the insurance company hides behind.
Yes, that's exactly what I meant...but since insurance has an astonishinng amout of influence on congresspeople and since it's a quid pro quo kind of relationship, I'd think it's not that rare that a congressperson might sometimes give them a poke to change some behavior too.

I took my Ambien about an hour ago--so I hope that made sense.
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