Full Text of HR0569 96th General Assembly
HR0569 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, President Obama committed to working with | 3 |
| Congress to pass comprehensive health reform in order to | 4 |
| control rising health care costs, guarantee an individual his | 5 |
| or her choice of medical care provider, and assure | 6 |
| high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans; and
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| WHEREAS, Nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first | 8 |
| called for reform, the cost of health care in the United States | 9 |
| weighs down the economy; and
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| WHEREAS, Rapidly escalating health care costs are crushing | 11 |
| family, business, and government budgets as illustrated by the | 12 |
| fact that employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have | 13 |
| doubled in the last 9 years, a rate 3 times faster than | 14 |
| cumulative wage increases, and those health care costs are also | 15 |
| adversely affecting our economic competitiveness in the global | 16 |
| economy, as American companies compete against companies in | 17 |
| other countries that have dramatically lower health care costs; | 18 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The United States spent approximately $2.2 | 20 |
| trillion on health care in 2007, or $7,421 per person (nearly | 21 |
| twice the average of other developed nations); and
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| WHEREAS, Americans spend more on health care than on | 2 |
| housing or food and, moreover, if rapid health cost growth | 3 |
| continues, by 2025 one out of every 4 dollars in our national | 4 |
| economy will be tied up in the health system; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, In an effort to develop solutions to the health | 6 |
| care crisis, the present administration is working together | 7 |
| with members of Congress, doctors and hospitals, businesses and | 8 |
| unions, and other key health care system stakeholders, to enact | 9 |
| comprehensive health care reform; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The Obama administration's goals for health care | 11 |
| reform, on which there is a wide consensus, include: reduction | 12 |
| in the long-term growth of health care costs for businesses and | 13 |
| government; protection of families from bankruptcy or debt | 14 |
| because of health care costs; establishment of a system that | 15 |
| provides an individual with a guaranteed choice of doctors and | 16 |
| health plans; investment in prevention and wellness; | 17 |
| improvement in patient safety and quality of care; assurance of | 18 |
| affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans; | 19 |
| maintenance of health insurance coverage following a job change | 20 |
| or job loss; and the elimination of barriers to coverage for | 21 |
| people with pre-existing medical conditions; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois will benefit from | 23 |
| comprehensive health reform because it will have the beneficial |
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| effect of lowering State expenditures for healthcare in the | 2 |
| Medicaid program, the All Kids (healthcare program for every | 3 |
| uninsured child in Illinois), FamilyCare (healthcare coverage | 4 |
| to parents living with their children 18 years old or younger), | 5 |
| the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (program for | 6 |
| all Illinois residents who are unable to obtain private health | 7 |
| insurance coverage), and health care insurance premiums for | 8 |
| State employees; and
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois will derive numerous | 10 |
| benefits from a health care system that provides quality health | 11 |
| care for all at a reasonable and predictable cost; therefore, | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| urge President Obama and the United States Congress to take | 16 |
| immediate action to adopt meaningful heath care system reform | 17 |
| in keeping with the Obama administration's articulated goals; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| delivered to President Obama, the Majority Leader and Minority | 21 |
| Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority | 22 |
| Leader of the United States House of Representatives, and to | 23 |
| each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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