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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Many thousands of Illinoisans have had their 
3health insurance plans cancelled and many more thousands will 
4soon face cancellation in 2014 as a direct result of the 
5Affordable Care Act; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Many Illinois families that were forced into the 
7Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange are now facing 
8higher deductibles, higher premiums, and limited provider 
9networks, or are forgoing insurance coverage altogether; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Some Illinois lawmakers are seeking to adopt a 
11State-based health insurance exchange under the Affordable 
12Care Act that could cost Illinoisans more than $100 million; 
13and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Illinois lawmakers are receiving generous 
15taxpayer-funded health premium subsidies toward their Illinois 
16State Employees' Group Insurance Program benefits; and

  
 
17    WHEREAS, Illinois lawmakers participating in the program 
18may pay anywhere from $119 to $211 per month in Fiscal Year 
192014 for their own coverage, which is a fraction of the true 
20insurance coverage cost to taxpayers; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
3SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge any lawmaker who 
4supports any further expansion of the Affordable Care Act in 
5the State of Illinois to immediately forfeit his or her 
6taxpayer-funded premium subsidy and voluntarily enroll in the 
7Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That we urge Illinois' elected senators and 
10representatives to live by the same set of rules that they 
11impose upon those they claim to represent.