It would also bar insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions, and would limit their ability to impose large rate increases.
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I'll tell you what could turn me bullish: home prices bottoming out and the turnover rate on existing homes picking up.
In the second quarter, the average interest rate on existing cards reached 14.7%, up from 13.1% a year earlier, according to research firm Synovate, a unit of Aegis Group PLC.
An existing 16.5% tax on wholesale transactions is to become a value-added tax at a slightly lower rate, though existing exemptions will survive (a mistake, say some economists).