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- About Disability Insurance.com http://www.about-disability-insurance.com/
- Census.gov: Health Insurance Definitions http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthinstypes.html
- CDC: Media Brief on Percentage of People Without Health Insurance http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2007/b070625.htm
- National Coalition on Health Care: Health Insurance Costs http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml
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