,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,king of ,iowa 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,duncan1 and ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west 
,virginia7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to exclude   
coverage of advance care planning       
services under the ,medicare program4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protecting ,life ,until        
,natural ,death ,act4  #b4 ,exclusion of
 coverage of advance care planning      
services under the ,medicare program    
,section #ahfb7;a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciey7a77

 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#bd71 
by striking the or at the end2  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#be71 by striking the period 
and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by        
inserting after paragraph 7#be7 the     
following new paragraph3  7#bf7 which   
are advance care planning services1     
other than under section #ahab7;a77#e74 
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