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CPPP Comments on the TDI Sunset Staff Report

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Stacey Pogue /(512) 320-0222 x 117

June 6, 2008

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Policy Analyst Stacey Pogue submitted comments on the Texas Department of Insurance and Office of Public Insurance Council Sunset Staff Report. With one in four Texans lacking health insurance coverage and the cost of coverage increasing ten times faster than income, the staff report correctly identifies the need for the state to examine its current approach to insurance regulation.