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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7512" measure-id="id117hr7512" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-04-14" update-date="2023-08-07">
        <title>Protecting Patients from Deceptive Health Plans Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr7512v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-07">
            <action-date>2022-04-14</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><b>Protecting Patients from Deceptive Health Plans Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the sale of health insurance coverage arrangements that are exempt from the federal health insurance requirements unless the individual purchasing the arrangement is enrolled in a plan that provides minimum essential coverage. Further, excepted benefits must be paid without regard to the severity of the illness, injury, diagnosis, or other characteristics related to treatment.</p>
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