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    Should veterans pay more to stay insured?

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Hi everyone I'm Gretchen Carlson of time for your fox -- today can't see your car insurance forget to pay.

There will probably be an extra charged when you sign up again that's because insurance companies don't like it when you have a lapse in coverage but.

Should policy apply to veterans -- get deployed to war.

Former California state Senate Minority Leader Jim brutal.

Wants to change that -- tennis earlier this.

We have what's called the persistence -- discount.

If you have auto insurance would carrier for a prolonged period of time you get a discount.

But if that coverage ever lapses.

You lose the discount and the discounts not portable you can't take -- -- other insurance company so if -- in the military.

And you deployed overseas and you don't need a -- car when you're in Afghanistan and you come back to California.

You've lost that discount.

Prop 33 was written by an army major.

In large part to help the military.

By ensuring that one if you're in the military and you deploy overseas.

You don't lose the persistence -- discount.

So doesn't give me I have finally accept payment and I've been dead deployed overseas.

Then the policies not going to be canceled and I'm not going to lose the discount that's the point right.

That the policy is not going to be canceled and you're not gonna lose a discount but it doesn't only benefit the military.

It also recognizes that were in tough economic times so you can miss up to three payments because of the economy.

And still not lose the consistency discount.

And if you lose your job or -- laid off.

You couldn't miss payments for up to a year and a half and still not lose that discounts -- prop 33 is good for California consumer.

California.

And Massachusetts are the only state to do not have this type of law in effect.

-- high school soccer -- heading up to Afghanistan to fight for our country gets a surprise sent out.

Well that's coach Mike for -- the front of the line students want to make sure they say goodbye in a very special way.

Well these -- training in Texas next month before deploying to Afghanistan.

Fourth and here.

And that's your morning fox flash I'm Gretchen Carlson.

Started -- the morning doesn't FOX & Friends 6 AM eastern right here on Fox News.

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