Ask a Fool: How Will ObamaCare Affect the Insurance Industry?

By Dave Williamson – Sep 20, 2013 at 5:37PM

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Will ObamaCare fundamentally change how managed-care companies like UnitedHealth, Cigna, Aetna, and WellPoint operate?

In this video, as part of the Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool health-care analyst David Williamson takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks: "How will ObamaCare affect the insurance industry? How will the upcoming Health Care Reform Act affect the health-care insurance industry?"

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