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I have recently heard that the insurance companies are the largest lobbying group in the country, rivalling the NRA and the tobacco industries for legislature attention. Some representatives and senators have been threatened with adverse advertising in their districts if they don't favor insurance companies.

I believe insurers should be highly regulated at the national level if they continue as for-profit, lobbying companies.

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