New report: Individual health insurance market failing consumers
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Less Than One in Five Employers Offer Stand Alone Vision Coverage* RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- VSP(R) Vision Care launched the industry's first fully-insured individual vision plan two years ago and has seen it grow to more than 25,000 members nationwide. In a recent stu...Teens Likely to Trade Team Sports for Individual Exercise
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