National Patient Advocate Foundation Hails Senator Rockefeller, Representative Schwartz for Introducing Preexisting Conditions Bill, Ensuring Patient Access to Health Coverage
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 14:06 CDT
Rockefeller-Schwartz Bill Will End Insurance Coverage Exclusions for Preexisting Conditions
"Because of gaps in current law, many Americans suffering from chronic, disabling, and life-threatening conditions either have no health insurance coverage or are continuously at risk of losing the coverage they have," said
The "Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2009" amends provisions in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that currently allow patients to be denied health insurance coverage. Davenport-Ennis called the legislation "an important step in the fight to eradicate preexisting condition exclusions from the private insurance market," but she cautioned that the battle is not for the faint of heart. Davenport-Ennis said, "NPAF is proud to join Senator Rockefeller and Representative Schwartz in taking up the cause of the millions of Americans with chronic illness and little or no access to health insurance. We stand ready to support the sponsors in any way that we can to assure passage of this landmark legislation."
NPAF is the companion organization of the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), which was founded on the principle that health care is a basic human need and shared social responsibility. NPAF is dedicated to working collectively with the Administration, Congress, and all levels of government to overcome challenges and create solutions that will allow for affordable, high-quality, and effective healthcare for all. PAF services are available to all patients, patient families, and medical professionals and offer a variety of patient assistance programs including Co-Pay Relief and Colorectal Care Line, as well as insurance claims intervention, job retention services, and debt crisis management.
For more information see www.npaf.org.
SOURCE National Patient Advocate Foundation
Source: PR Newswire
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