WI Democrats Unveil Healthcare Protection Package |
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Written by State Senate Democrats |
Monday, 15 May 2017 17:28 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/health-care-costs-s5.jpg MADISON – The House of Representatives voted last week for a bill put forward by Speaker Paul Ryan that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and the provisions in it that protect Americans from health insurance company abuses. Governor Walker recently said he would be open to dropping protections for people with pre-existing conditions in Wisconsin. Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act guts protections for people with pre-existing conditions, imperils essential health benefits that protect patients when they get sick, defunds Planned Parenthood, and jeopardizes Wisconsin families from running into arbitrary annual and lifetime insurance limits. In light of these developments, Senator Jon Erpenbach (D—Middleton) and Representative Daniel Riemer (D—Milwaukee), along with other Democrats, are putting forward legislation that would protect Wisconsin families from the health care decisions made by Republicans in Washington and Governor Scott Walker.
The package of bills legislative Democrats are unveiling protect Wisconsin families from being denied access to or charged more for health insurance through absolutely no fault of their own. They help safeguard Wisconsin families from financial ruin by prohibiting lifetime and annual limits under health insurance plans. They keep out-of-pocket health care costs down by requiring preventive services continue to be at no cost to patients. They promote health and economic security by requiring health insurance plans to cover basic essential health benefits, and ensure that family planning providers are covered via state reimbursement if they have been defunded at the federal level. A summary of the bills is attached. |
Last Updated on Monday, 15 May 2017 18:08 |
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