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By Susan Jaffe |  January 24, 2012 | KAISER HEALTH NEWS         

Leaders from some of the nation’s top consumer and seniors advocacy groups today urged President Barack Obama not to weaken a key consumer provision of his signature health care overhaul law.

The provision requires health insurers and employers to use standardized, easy-to-understand information documents to describe health plan benefits and costs.   These forms would explain how much each plan pays on average for three common medical conditions and include a glossary of insurance terms. [Continued here]