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Joe Pitts: “Didn't this requirement essentially force patients to let their conditions deteriorate while they waited for the ACA's…”

On the recordApril 2, 2013
Didn't this requirement essentially force patients to let their conditions deteriorate while they waited for the ACA's arbitrary 6-month waiting period to run out?
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts questions the impact of the ACA's waiting period on patients' health.

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