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APRIL 26, 2009

The choice between prickly policies

Age-based pricing for health insurance has some consumers cutting back on coverage

By Kay Lazar

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  April 26, 2009

Sue Rummel was determined to keep the custom drapery business she built over two decades afloat in a bum economy, so when her health insurance premiums jumped 16 percent last year, she scaled back her coverage and used the savings to balance her books.

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