Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate

November 19, 2008 By KEVIN FREKING , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.

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