Full Text of SR0254 96th General Assembly
SR0254 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Families, large and small businesses, healthcare | 3 |
| providers, and State and local government in Illinois are | 4 |
| struggling to access the
quality, affordable healthcare that | 5 |
| they need to promote healthy
families and a healthy economy in | 6 |
| their State and nationally; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of the national healthcare crisis, | 8 |
| health
insurance premiums in Illinois increased by 73% between | 9 |
| the years 2000 and 2007, while median earnings increased by | 10 |
| only 11%; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois median yearly wage in 2007 was | 12 |
| $27,330, while the average healthcare premium for a family was | 13 |
| $12,153; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois employers spend an average of $9,071 per | 15 |
| year on
family coverage, paying 77% of the total cost of | 16 |
| premiums for family
coverage; and
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| WHEREAS, An average of 700 Illinoisans lose their health | 18 |
| insurance every day; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the time for a national |
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| solution to the American healthcare crisis that threatens the | 2 |
| economic and physical health of the people of Illinois and | 3 |
| people across the country is now; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we recognize the urgent need for a national | 5 |
| solution to the healthcare crisis that meets key criteria for
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| comprehensive health care reform set forth by President Obama | 7 |
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Health Care for America Now, including the following:
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| (1) affordable coverage and care, with premiums and | 9 |
| out-of-pocket costs based on a family's ability to pay and | 10 |
| a choice of providers that meets our families' needs from | 11 |
| preventative care to care for serious illness; and | 12 |
| (2) a choice of health insurance plans, including the | 13 |
| right to keep one's current insurance, choose another | 14 |
| private plan, or join a public
health insurance plan; and | 15 |
| (3) equity in healthcare access, treatment, research, | 16 |
| and resources to people and communities of color and the | 17 |
| strengthening of health services in low-income | 18 |
| communities; and | 19 |
| (4) a system in which government sets and enforces | 20 |
| rules on insurance
company practices and charges, | 21 |
| requiring them to put our healthcare
before their profits; | 22 |
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| (5) coverage that is predictable and affordable for | 24 |
| working families,
retirees, and small businesses and other | 25 |
| employers and that controls costs while improving quality, |
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| with measures such as: lowering administrative expenses, | 2 |
| investing in preventive care, actively managing disease, | 3 |
| setting standards for performance, reducing medical | 4 |
| errors, and using the public's purchasing power to lower | 5 |
| drug and other prices; and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That we encourage local governments, families, | 7 |
| providers, and businesses across Illinois to work together in | 8 |
| 2009 with the newly elected President Obama, the Illinois | 9 |
| Congressional delegation, and the leaders of the U.S. Congress | 10 |
| to guarantee quality, affordable healthcare for everyone in our | 11 |
| State and across the country; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| delivered to President Obama, the Illinois Congressional | 14 |
| delegation, and the leaders of the U.S. Congress.
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