Full Text of HR0844 096th General Assembly
HR0844 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The United States Senate and the United States | 3 |
| House of Representatives continue to work toward the | 4 |
| development of health care reform legislation, which would seek | 5 |
| to address the number of uninsured Americans and the escalating | 6 |
| costs of the nation's health care system; and
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| WHEREAS, Both health care reform proposals, which have | 8 |
| separately passed the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of | 9 |
| Representatives, would impose Medicare cuts for services | 10 |
| provided to elderly citizens, estimated at roughly $500 | 11 |
| million; such cuts raise access to care concerns for | 12 |
| individuals dependent on Medicare for health insurance | 13 |
| coverage; and
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| WHEREAS, Cost-effective home-based services for the | 15 |
| elderly are targeted for $55 billion in reductions by the | 16 |
| provisions favored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, representing | 17 |
| 12.5% of the proposed Medicare cuts, even though such services | 18 |
| represent only 4.5% of Medicare spending; and
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| WHEREAS, Proposed expansions of Medicaid eligibility will | 20 |
| add to the unsustainable growth and payment backlogs that face | 21 |
| the Illinois Medicaid program, thereby placing additional | 22 |
| pressure on medical providers already facing reductions in |
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| Medicare payments; and
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| WHEREAS, Accompanying Medicaid regulations place | 3 |
| additional restrictions on measures that states may implement | 4 |
| to contain costs in order to keep Medicaid programs solvent; | 5 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Payroll tax increases and taxes on | 7 |
| privately-purchased health care would be imposed in an attempt | 8 |
| to mask the $930 billion cost of new programs and coverage | 9 |
| expansions contained in the proposed health care reforms; and
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| WHEREAS, The provisions passed by the United States Senate | 11 |
| under the direction of Majority Leader Harry Reid place the | 12 |
| federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in charge of | 13 |
| regulating and administering the health plans that would be | 14 |
| marketed to the uninsured; public employees unions have raised | 15 |
| concerns about the OPM's ability to meet current | 16 |
| responsibilities while undertaking the new requirements; and
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| WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the United States | 18 |
| Constitution states that, "The powers not delegated to the | 19 |
| United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the | 20 |
| States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the | 21 |
| people"; and |
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| WHEREAS, Individual states have developed a system for | 2 |
| regulating the health insurance market focused on the unique | 3 |
| characteristics of each state, including consumer protections | 4 |
| and regulatory matters meant to ensure the solvency of | 5 |
| insurance providers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| urge the members of the United States Congress to not institute | 9 |
| the creation of healthcare reforms which reduce funding for | 10 |
| Medicare, impose new payroll and private health insurance | 11 |
| taxes, limit the states' abilities to effectively manage | 12 |
| Medicaid programs, and/or infringe on the 10th Amendment to the | 13 |
| United States Constitution; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the members of the Illinois congressional | 16 |
| delegation, the Speaker of the United States House of | 17 |
| Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States | 18 |
| Senate, and the President of the United States.
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