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Tue, 06/22/2010 - 12:30am

Obama to warn U.S. health insurers against rate jumps

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will warn health insurance industry executives at a White House meeting on Tuesday against imposing big rate increases ahead of tighter rules under the new U.S. healthcare law, The New York Times reported.

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