Senate Republican leadership updated its healthcare reform bill to include a penalty for not having continuous coverage.

Starting in 2019, a person who doesn’t have insurance for 63 days or more in the past year has to wait six months for coverage to begin. The provision would only affect people who buy insurance on the individual market, which is for people who don’t have insurance through their employer.

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