Full Text of HR0130 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, There are over five million individuals living | 3 | | with a pre-existing condition, over two million individuals | 4 | | enrolled in Medicare, and 3.2 million individuals enrolled in | 5 | | Medicaid in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Attorneys General from 18 states, along with two | 7 | | governors, have filed suit in the United States District Court | 8 | | for the Northern District of Texas and obtained a ruling that | 9 | | the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, This ruling, if upheld by a higher court, would | 11 | | threaten the health and insurance coverage of millions of | 12 | | Illinoisans; it would cause consumer protections to vanish | 13 | | overnight and would unleash chaos in our health care system; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Specifically, the over five million people in | 16 | | Illinois living with pre-existing conditions like cancer, | 17 | | asthma, or diabetes could face exorbitantly high rates or be | 18 | | denied coverage all together; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Over 650,000 people in Illinois could lose their | 20 | | health care coverage through the forced repeal of the Medicaid | 21 | | expansion, the continued attacks on the Medicaid program by |
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| 1 | | the Trump administration through provisions such as the work | 2 | | requirement, and the potential loss of tax credit subsidies on | 3 | | the Marketplace for over 280,000 Illinoisans; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Improvements to Medicare, including reduced costs | 5 | | for prescription drugs, would vanish; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The rulings in this lawsuit could strip away | 7 | | other consumer protections enshrined within the law and | 8 | | beloved by the public, including Essential Health Benefits | 9 | | (e.g., prescription drugs, substance use treatment, maternity | 10 | | care) and the prohibitions on charging women or older adults | 11 | | more for the same policy as men or younger people; the rulings | 12 | | could also eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for many | 13 | | preventive services and protections allowing young people | 14 | | under the age of 26 to stay on a parent's health plan; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Illinoisans have shown their support of the ACA, | 16 | | including maintaining the ACA's protection for pre-existing | 17 | | conditions; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Instead of actively working to gut health | 19 | | coverage and pre-existing condition protections, Congress and | 20 | | the Biden Administration should focus on helping people gain | 21 | | access to health care coverage that they and their families | 22 | | need to stay healthy; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The ACA and Medicaid support our State in | 2 | | assuring "the health, safety and welfare of the people", | 3 | | "legal, social and economic justice", and "opportunity for the | 4 | | fullest development of the individual", all of which are | 5 | | ordained intentions of our state government noted in the | 6 | | Preamble of the Illinois Constitution; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we affirm our support for the Affordable Care Act and the | 10 | | Medicaid program; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That removing the protections of the ACA will | 12 | | have devastating consequences for personal health, family | 13 | | health, and community health in addition to raising health | 14 | | care costs, lowering health care access, and giving special | 15 | | tax breaks to the wealthy; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | 18 | | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | 19 | | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | 20 | | Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | 21 | | Delegation.
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