Bill Text: IL SR0662 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor to implement a regional HMO under the new Medicare Advantage Plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR0662 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0662-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Health Alliance Medical Plan was one of the many | ||||||
| 3 | bidders who sought to gain a contract to perform services under | ||||||
| 4 | the State's Medicare Advantage program; Health Alliance | ||||||
| 5 | Medical Plan's bid was more cost-effective than all other | ||||||
| 6 | competing bids, which were 24% to 120% higher than Health | ||||||
| 7 | Alliance Medical Plan's bid; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Health Alliance Medical Plan is the top-rated | ||||||
| 9 | Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) | ||||||
| 10 | product and Medicare Advantage Preferred Provider Organization | ||||||
| 11 | product in Illinois by Consumer Reports Magazine; the Health | ||||||
| 12 | Alliance Medicare HMO is ranked #1 in Illinois for member | ||||||
| 13 | satisfaction and effectiveness of care by the National | ||||||
| 14 | Committee for Quality Assurance; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid | ||||||
| 16 | Services has given Health Alliance Medical Plan 4 1/2 stars out | ||||||
| 17 | of 5 for quality; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Health Alliance Medical Plan has excellent | ||||||
| 19 | accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality | ||||||
| 20 | Assurance; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Taxpayers could have saved an estimated | ||||||
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| 1 | $60,000,000 to $280,000,000 over 10 years if Health Alliance | ||||||
| 2 | Medical Plan had been awarded a contract to provide services | ||||||
| 3 | under the new State of Illinois Medicare Advantage Plan; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Questionable bidding practices led to the | ||||||
| 5 | selection of certain providers, resulting in less savings to | ||||||
| 6 | taxpayers; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Governor to | ||||||
| 9 | implement a regional HMO under the new Medicare Advantage Plan; | ||||||
| 10 | and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | delivered to Governor Pat Quinn.
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