Probst, Hutch hospital CEO back health insurance bill
Probst testified before the
Probst said he assumed initially that more Kansans would be denied health insurance. But there are state-level safeguards that would serve Kansans covered by large and small group insurance policies, his research found, if the ACA ended. Left without those protections are those on individual insurance policies, he found.
House Bill 2074 "simply codifies
Should the bill move forward, he said in his prepared remarks, "the state-level protections that exist will be extended across all types of health insurance, creating consistency and predictability in
Probst spearheaded the bill. The 17 co-sponsors are all
"There's a very good likelihood that every member of this committee has a pre-existing condition. I certainly do. As does my mother, my siblings, my children, and most of the people I know," Probst said in his written statement.
"I believe the committee will find this legislation isn't overreaching or onerous in any way. It doesn't reach any further than current law for other types of insurance. I've deliberately omitted some of the elements -- such as price controls -- that I personally would've liked to have included in this legislation," he said.
Probst, appearing in person before the Insurance Committee, said he modeled the bill after
Testifying against the bill was
"We believe the bill is premature," Sneed said. The ACA is currently in the court, and the
Neutral testimony came from
Seventy percent of Americans believe pre-existing conditions should be protected, Smoot said.
Smoot and Tabor would have stretched Probst's bill to include pre-existing conditions protection for those signing up for non-insurance health benefit packages.
When State Rep.
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