To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit application of preexisting condition exclusions and to guarantee availability of health insurance coverage in the individual and group market, contingent on the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-628House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 24, 2017

Summary

Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the requirements that: (1) health insurance includes coverage for preexisting conditions, and (2) health insurers accept every employer and every individual in a group that applies for coverage in the group market and every individual that applies for coverage in the individual market.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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