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Article: REP. BRALEY PLAIN LANGUAGE PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN HOUSE HEALTH CARE REFORM DRAFT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa (1st CD), has issued the following news release:
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) announced today that portions of his Plain Language in Health Insurance Act, introduced last month, are now included in the House draft health care reform bill.
The portions included in the reform bill would require the federal government and health insurers participating in a new federal health insurance exchange to write all plan documents; claims policies, practices, and amounts; financial disclosures; and other information in plain language. Furthermore, the bill would require the health insurance exchange website be written in plain language.
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