The Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday voted 12-2 to approve a bill (HB 3) that would prohibit health insurance plans that participate in state-based health insurance exchanges from providing coverage for abortions, the Philadelphia Inquirer's "Commonwealth Confidential" reports. The federal health reform law (PL 111-148) mandates that the state-based exchanges must be operational by 2014 to provide a marketplace for individuals and small businesses to purchase coverage...




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