Edwards insisted Hunter should receive health insurance, even though she was a consultant, Brumberger said.

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"We're going to see that around the country within a few years, " says Robert Hunter, director of insurance at the Consumer Federation of America.

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Bob Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation, says industry pricing has been in that "soft cycle" for the past three years, following a 7% increase in 2002.

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