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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On January 1, 2006, Medicare Part D prescription
3 drug coverage took effect; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The media have been full of stories about how the
5 lives of senior citizens have been complicated by the advent of
6 Medicare prescription drug coverage; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Senior citizens have had to make choices
8 concerning their prescription drug coverage, and many have been
9 confused by the different options available; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Since January 1, 2006, many senior citizens have
11 experienced difficulty in getting prescriptions filled because
12 of problems in ascertaining or confirming their prescription
13 drug coverage; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Senior citizens' health and well-being, not to
15 mention their very lives, are often dependent on their ability
16 to obtain needed prescription drugs; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The State can and should do everything it can to
18 help senior citizens obtain the prescription drugs they need in
19 a timely fashion, including providing assistance to senior
20 citizens and pharmacists in ascertaining or confirming senior
21 citizens' prescription drug coverage; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we urge the Governor to make signs available for posting in
25 pharmacies throughout the State giving statewide and local
26 telephone numbers that a pharmacist or senior citizen may call
27 for assistance in ascertaining or confirming a senior citizen's
28 prescription drug coverage and in getting their prescriptions
29 filled; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to
2 the Governor.