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		<ns:subject>Disability and health-based discrimination</ns:subject>
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		<usbill:title>S. 623: A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and in health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets.</usbill:title>
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