Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran joined top law enforcement officers from more than three dozen states Wednesday to call on Congress to defeat a bill to streamline the health insurance industry.

“Passage of [U.S.] Senate Bill 1955 will harm consumers both physically and financially,” Curran said. “Many of the state-mandated benefits provide preventive and/or diagnostic [care] and their elimination will result in many consumers having more serious health problems in the future.”