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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. </p>]]></text>
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