By Associated Press - Tuesday, January 23, 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s open to Gov. Scott Walker’s call for a bill to guarantee people with pre-existing conditions get health insurance and to seek a federal waiver to lower premiums.

Walker announced Sunday that he wants a state law that would prohibit insurers from denying coverage due to a pre-existing condition. The governor also says he wants to obtain a federal waiver to offer reinsurance, a move designed to lower premiums for people in the private insurance marketplace.

Vos, a Republican, told reporters on Tuesday that says leaders in Washington D.C. hasn’t been able to find a permanent fix for the Affordable Care Act so states like Wisconsin have to step to help families pay rising premiums.

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