(The Center Square) – Two bills that will drastically change health insurance plans regulated by state government cleared the Illinois General Assembly Saturday.

Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have been pushing for the elimination of what they call “deceptive” short‐​term limited duration insurance plans. House Bill 2499, dubbed the Health Care Protection Act, eliminates those plans.

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