Thursday, November 20, 2008

State board backs exemption for mandatory health insurance

BOSTON — The board overseeing the state’s health care law backed a plan Thursday to increase subsidies for the state’s poorest citizens, but exempted about 20 percent of the uninsured from penalties if they fail to get insurance.

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