Bills seek to buffer potential repeal of health care law
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February 10, 2017
OLYMIA, Wash. (AP) — Democrats in Washington state want to make sure that even if national Republicans and President Donald Trump follow through on their promise to repeal the Obama-era national health care law, that preventative health coverage benefits remain intact in the state.
Two bills — one in the House, another in the Senate — have been introduced that would require health plans to continue to cover the same preventive health services, with no copay, that were required by federal law as of the end of last year.
So things like flu shots and other immunizations, autism screening for chil...
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