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    GOP Health Bill Changes Could Kill Protections For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions

    House Republicans are considering a deal that would remove the requirement that health insurance plans cover 10 essential health benefits, hoping to secure the votes of conservative lawmakers.
    by Alison Kodjak Mar 23, 2017 3 minutes
    House Speaker Paul Ryan is trying to rally Republican lawmakers to vote for the American Health Care Act.

    When House Speaker Paul Ryan says he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act so that people can buy insurance that's right for them, and not something created in Washington, part of what he's saying is that he wants to get rid of so-called essential health benefits.

    That's a list of 10 general categories of medical care that all insurance policies are required to cover under the Affordable Care Act.

    Getting rid of that requirement, , is central to the Republican strategy, because they say

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