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Tierney WM, Kinney ED, Tai-Seale M, Greene JY, Murray R, & Latondress T. _J Investig Med. 46(7):279A._ 1998-07-01 ## Abstract The Indiana Commission on Health Care for the Working Poor in 1996 conducted 20 focus groups of low-income workers throughout the state to determine whether they would purchase private health insurance. 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