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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, Rising healthcare costs continue to be the number |
3 | | one concern for small and medium-sized businesses in Illinois; |
4 | | and
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5 | | WHEREAS, According to the Council for Affordable Health |
6 | | Insurance (CAHI), healthcare mandates cumulatively can raise |
7 | | the cost of basic health coverage by 20% to 50%; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, According to CAHI, Illinois currently has 47 |
9 | | different insurance mandates in law today; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Healthcare mandates are paid for by only small and |
11 | | medium-sized businesses that buy health insurance on the open |
12 | | market; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Illinois policy makers need a better |
14 | | understanding of the costs these mandates add to health |
15 | | insurance in order to strike a balance between managing |
16 | | healthcare costs and providing access to quality health |
17 | | insurance; therefore, be it
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18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
20 | | we request the Commission on Government Forecasting and |