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Pennsylvania House passes bills to keep Affordable Care Act protections in place

(WHTM) — The Pennsylvania State House passed four bills today to keep Affordable Care Act protections in place in Pennsylvania in case it, or parts of it, expire at the national level.

“Hands off my Healthcare” is the message Democratic state lawmakers are sending to Washington after the legislation that passed the House today.

The bills would require health insurance companies to continue covering preventive healthcare services without cost-sharing, stop insurance executives from capping coverage for essential benefits, make sure parents can keep their children insured until age 26, and protect coverage for pre-existing conditions.

“We’re not going back to a time where young people are kicked off of their parents’ healthcare, a time when people with pre-existing conditions can’t get coverage, pre-existing conditions like diabetes and pregnancy,” said Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Austin Davis (D).

The Affordable Care Act Protections package now moves on to the Senate.

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