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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> Coercion is Not Health Care Act - Prohibits requiring the purchase or maintenance of health insurance coverage as a condition for participation in, or access to, any federal program or for federal benefit eligibility.</p> <p> Prohibits any individual or agency of the federal government from requiring any individual to purchase health insurance coverage.</p>]]></text>
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