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Three protesters linking arms in lobby, wearing shirts that say 'Victim of private health insurance.'

4. Single-payer health system supporters, 2009

Supporters of a single-payer health system protested at the offices of Aetna, a private health insurance company, New York, 2009

Courtesy Thomas Altfather Good

Before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, some groups insisted that private health insurance companies should not be included in the bill due to the industry’s past practices of exclusion and denial of coverage, but they were not successful.

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