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Starting July 1 Texans With Pre-existing Conditions Have New Access to Quality, More Affordable Health Coverage

  

Author:
Stacey Pogue /(512) 320-0222 x 117

July 1, 2010

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An important reform of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act launched July 1 when Texans who have been without health coverage for at least six months and who have been denied coverage because of pre-existing health gained access to more affordable, quality coverage. They will receive it through a new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).