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| | SR0125 | | LRB097 11148 RPM 52626 r |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common |
| 3 | | serious heart rhythm disorder and causes 15% of all strokes in |
| 4 | | the United States; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Atrial fibrillation affects more than 2.3 million |
| 6 | | Americans and is expected to more than double to 5.6 million |
| 7 | | Americans by 2050; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, One in 4 people aged 40 years or older develop |
| 9 | | atrial fibrillation during their lifetime; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Atrial fibrillation causes the heart to beat |
| 11 | | irregularly or out of rhythm; as a result, people with AFib are |
| 12 | | nearly 5 times more likely to have a stroke than someone |
| 13 | | without the condition; in addition, AFib-related strokes are |
| 14 | | about twice as likely to be fatal and about twice as likely to |
| 15 | | be severely disabling than strokes that are not related to |
| 16 | | AFib; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Three out of 4 AFib-related strokes can be |
| 18 | | prevented, but many patients are not aware of their risk and do |
| 19 | | not take action to prevent stroke; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, The estimated direct medical cost of stroke for |
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| 1 | | 2007 was $25.2 billion; this includes hospital outpatient or |
| 2 | | office-based provider visits, hospital inpatient stays, |
| 3 | | emergency room visits, prescribed medicines, and home health; |
| 4 | | and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Appropriate stroke prevention in AFib can |
| 6 | | effectively reduce the overall financial burden of the illness |
| 7 | | within public programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Reducing the risk of stroke related to AFib may |
| 9 | | maintain self-sufficiency on the part of patients cared for |
| 10 | | within public programs; therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois |
| 13 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pursue the |
| 14 | | feasibility of assessing chronic disease management of stroke |
| 15 | | prevention in atrial fibrillation, using State or private |
| 16 | | resources, or both, where available, with the intent of |
| 17 | | identifying opportunities to reduce the financial and clinical |
| 18 | | burden of AFib-related strokes upon Illinois in public |
| 19 | | programs; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the Director of Healthcare and Family Services.
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