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Increasing health insurance premiums to hit hard
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Increasing health insurance premiums to hit hard

Over 65s will be hit the hardest as health insurance premiums look to increase by around 12% with insurers feeling the impact of a reduction in claims paid by ACC .

Wed, Mar 3rd 2010 04:17PM
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