Rep. Andrews Amendment to Protect Historic Patients Rights
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) offered the following amendment during consideration of the Committee on Education and the Workforce rules for the 112th Congress:
OFFERED BY MR. ANDREWS
At the end of Rule 12, add the following:
“(f) The Committee shall not report any bill or other matter that, with respect to matters within the Committee’s jurisdiction, repeals or weakens (1) the right of young adults under 26 to stay on their parents’ health plan; (2) the prohibition on health insurance issuers and group health plans against imposing annual and lifetime limits; (3) the prohibition on health insurance issuers and group health plans against rescinding an individual’s health coverage due to illness; (4) the prohibition on health insurance issuers or group health plans against denying coverage to or otherwise discriminating against individuals due to a pre-existing condition; or (5) the deficit savings of $230,000,000,000 during the 10-year period beginning after fiscal year 2011 that was achieved through the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152).”