Bill Text: IL HR0130 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses support for the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-18 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0130 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0130-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, There are over five million individuals living | ||||||
3 | with a pre-existing condition, over two million individuals | ||||||
4 | enrolled in Medicare, and 3.2 million individuals enrolled in | ||||||
5 | Medicaid in Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Attorneys General from 18 states, along with two | ||||||
7 | governors, have filed suit in the United States District Court | ||||||
8 | for the Northern District of Texas and obtained a ruling that | ||||||
9 | the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional; and
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10 | WHEREAS, This ruling, if upheld by a higher court, would | ||||||
11 | threaten the health and insurance coverage of millions of | ||||||
12 | Illinoisans; it would cause consumer protections to vanish | ||||||
13 | overnight and would unleash chaos in our health care system; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, Specifically, the over five million people in | ||||||
16 | Illinois living with pre-existing conditions like cancer, | ||||||
17 | asthma, or diabetes could face exorbitantly high rates or be | ||||||
18 | denied coverage all together; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Over 650,000 people in Illinois could lose their | ||||||
20 | health care coverage through the forced repeal of the Medicaid | ||||||
21 | expansion, the continued attacks on the Medicaid program by |
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1 | the Trump administration through provisions such as the work | ||||||
2 | requirement, and the potential loss of tax credit subsidies on | ||||||
3 | the Marketplace for over 280,000 Illinoisans; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Improvements to Medicare, including reduced costs | ||||||
5 | for prescription drugs, would vanish; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The rulings in this lawsuit could strip away | ||||||
7 | other consumer protections enshrined within the law and | ||||||
8 | beloved by the public, including Essential Health Benefits | ||||||
9 | (e.g., prescription drugs, substance use treatment, maternity | ||||||
10 | care) and the prohibitions on charging women or older adults | ||||||
11 | more for the same policy as men or younger people; the rulings | ||||||
12 | could also eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for many | ||||||
13 | preventive services and protections allowing young people | ||||||
14 | under the age of 26 to stay on a parent's health plan; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Illinoisans have shown their support of the ACA, | ||||||
16 | including maintaining the ACA's protection for pre-existing | ||||||
17 | conditions; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Instead of actively working to gut health | ||||||
19 | coverage and pre-existing condition protections, Congress and | ||||||
20 | the Biden Administration should focus on helping people gain | ||||||
21 | access to health care coverage that they and their families | ||||||
22 | need to stay healthy; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The ACA and Medicaid support our State in | ||||||
2 | assuring "the health, safety and welfare of the people", | ||||||
3 | "legal, social and economic justice", and "opportunity for the | ||||||
4 | fullest development of the individual", all of which are | ||||||
5 | ordained intentions of our state government noted in the | ||||||
6 | Preamble of the Illinois Constitution; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we affirm our support for the Affordable Care Act and the | ||||||
10 | Medicaid program; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That removing the protections of the ACA will | ||||||
12 | have devastating consequences for personal health, family | ||||||
13 | health, and community health in addition to raising health | ||||||
14 | care costs, lowering health care access, and giving special | ||||||
15 | tax breaks to the wealthy; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | ||||||
18 | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | ||||||
19 | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | ||||||
20 | Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | ||||||
21 | Delegation.
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