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Article: United Cerebral Palsy Endorses the America's Affordable Health Choices Act
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Armetta Parker for United Cerebral Palsy, +1-202-973-
7116, aparker@ucp.org
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following
statement was released today by United Cerebral Palsy:
Improving access to affordable, comprehensive health care has
been a high priority for the disability community for decades.
Several provisions of the America's Affordable Health Choices Act
(H.R. 3200) will make significant strides toward meeting that goal.
For example the legislation includes:
-- Major insurance market reforms such as the elimination of
discrimination based on health status, a prohibition on
pre-existing condition exclusions, guaranteed issue and ...