Bill Text: IL HR0844 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the members of the United States Congress to not institute the creation of healthcare reforms which reduce funding for Medicare, impose new payroll and private health insurance taxes, limit the states' abilities to effectively manage Medicaid programs, and/or infringe on the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0844 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0844-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The United States Senate and the United States
House of Representatives continue to work toward the
development of health care reform legislation, which would seek
to address the number of uninsured Americans and the escalating
costs of the nation's health care system; and
WHEREAS, Both health care reform proposals, which have
separately passed the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of
Representatives, would impose Medicare cuts for services
provided to elderly citizens, estimated at roughly $500
million; such cuts raise access to care concerns for
individuals dependent on Medicare for health insurance
coverage; and
WHEREAS, Cost-effective home-based services for the
elderly are targeted for $55 billion in reductions by the
provisions favored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, representing
12.5% of the proposed Medicare cuts, even though such services
represent only 4.5% of Medicare spending; and
WHEREAS, Proposed expansions of Medicaid eligibility will
add to the unsustainable growth and payment backlogs that face
the Illinois Medicaid program, thereby placing additional
pressure on medical providers already facing reductions in

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Medicare payments; and
WHEREAS, Accompanying Medicaid regulations place
additional restrictions on measures that states may implement
to contain costs in order to keep Medicaid programs solvent;
and
WHEREAS, Payroll tax increases and taxes on
privately-purchased health care would be imposed in an attempt
to mask the $930 billion cost of new programs and coverage
expansions contained in the proposed health care reforms; and
WHEREAS, The provisions passed by the United States Senate
under the direction of Majority Leader Harry Reid place the
federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in charge of
regulating and administering the health plans that would be
marketed to the uninsured; public employees unions have raised
concerns about the OPM's ability to meet current
responsibilities while undertaking the new requirements; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution states that, "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people"; and

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WHEREAS, Individual states have developed a system for
regulating the health insurance market focused on the unique
characteristics of each state, including consumer protections
and regulatory matters meant to ensure the solvency of
insurance providers; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the members of the United States Congress to not institute
the creation of healthcare reforms which reduce funding for
Medicare, impose new payroll and private health insurance
taxes, limit the states' abilities to effectively manage
Medicaid programs, and/or infringe on the 10th Amendment to the
United States Constitution; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the members of the Illinois congressional
delegation, the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate, and the President of the United States.