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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Governor Pat Quinn is planning to eliminate the 
3Illinois Cares Rx program; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Illinois Cares Rx was created to fill a vital gap 
5in medical coverage for older adults and people with 
6disabilities who are on Medicare but have incomes that are too 
7high for Medicaid and Extra Help and too low to afford 
8cost-sharing including premiums, deductibles, co-payments, and 
9the donut hole in Medicare; and

  
 
10    WHEREAS, Illinois Cares Rx is cost-effective State 
11spending, saving costs immediately by preventing the 
12possibility of further acute illnesses, keeping the citizens of 
13the State out of hospitals and nursing homes and possibly from 
14seeking more expensive specialty care; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The health care reform law, "The Affordable Care 
16Act," will not close the prescription coverage gap until 2020; 
17and
 
18    WHEREAS, The proposed elimination of the Illinois Cares Rx 
19program would cut off more of the State's low income citizens 
20with special health needs than any other proposed reduction; 
21therefore, be it

  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
3we urge Governor Pat Quinn to reverse his plan to eliminate the 
4Illinois Cares Rx program and continue this vital program; and 
5be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to Governor Pat Quinn.