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OPINION: Insurance industry myths about the uninsured

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Insurers want us to believe the young were uninsured by choice, nothing could be further from the truth.

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UnitedHealth Group's promises left much unsaid.

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Supreme Court: Children shouldn't get life with no parole possibility

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A Supreme Court decision means thousands will be eligible to get hearings for new sentences for crimes committed as minors.

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