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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Rep. Sutton Announces Health Care Provisions to Help Families and Expand Coverage

Sep 23, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) announced that several health care provisions to help families and expand coverage, known as the "Patient's Bill of Rights," are going into effect today.

"Finally, the health insurance industry is being forced to stop egregious practices that have for far too long kept far too many families from accessing affordable quality health care," said Rep. Sutton.  

For plan years beginning today or hereafter, consumers will have the following protections:

*    Health insurance companies cannot drop you because you get sick
*    Health insurance companies cannot deny your children coverage because they have a pre-existing condition
*    You can keep your children on your family plan until they turn 26 years old
*    Health insurance companies cannot impose a lifetime limit on your coverage
*    Your annual limits will be phased out over three years, beginning at $750,000 for plans starting on or after September 23, 2010
*    Health insurance companies must fully cover recommended preventive services, including mammograms, colonoscopies, pre-natal and new baby care
*    Health insurance companies must allow patients to choose their own primary care physician (PCP), their children's pediatrician and for women to see their OB/GYN without requiring a PCP referral
*    Health insurance companies cannot bill patients more for out-of-network emergency room services
*    Health insurance companies cannot cancel your policy without proving fraud
*    Health insurance companies cannot deny claims without a chance for appeal

For more information about the new health care reform law provisions going into effect today, go to www.healthcare.gov or call Rep. Sutton's office at (202) 225-3401.

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