Full Text of SJR0018 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States Congress passed and the | 3 | | President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable | 4 | | Care Act on March 23, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, This Act, as amended by the Health Care and | 6 | | Education Reconciliation Act, comprises America's | 7 | | comprehensive federal health care reform, which is commonly | 8 | | referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA); and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The result of this law will be to create a | 10 | | government takeover of the health care industry that will | 11 | | increase health care costs, raise taxes, hurt senior citizens, | 12 | | destroy jobs, reduce the quality of care that Americans will | 13 | | receive, restrict consumer choice, limit individuals' access | 14 | | to private health insurance, and reduce the ability of American | 15 | | companies to compete; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The ACA will constrain the freedom of individuals | 17 | | to choose their own doctor and will interfere with individuals' | 18 | | ability to make personal health care decisions; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, A single-payer health care system, which forces | 20 | | patients to enroll in a one-size-fits-all plan with rich | 21 | | benefits and weak cost sharing, will cause spending for health |
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| 1 | | care to escalate and policymakers to ration care as a | 2 | | cost-containment measure; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, According to the Congressional Budget Office, the | 4 | | ACA could cause millions of Americans who receive health | 5 | | insurance through their employer to lose their health insurance | 6 | | coverage; in addition, the Congressional Budget Office reports | 7 | | that premiums in the individual and small group markets may | 8 | | substantially increase; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 10 | | will dictate what benefits insurers must offer and how much | 11 | | they may charge; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In view of the fact that physicians lose money | 13 | | servicing government patients on Medicare and Medicaid, the ACA | 14 | | will further increase this problem by further reducing Medicare | 15 | | and Medicaid fees to doctors and hospitals, and will discourage | 16 | | persons from entering the health care field; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The ACA will increase taxes on employers who do | 18 | | not offer adequate insurance and will increase taxes on | 19 | | investment income, which in turn will reduce capital available | 20 | | for job expansion, reduce economic growth, and result in fewer | 21 | | jobs for Americans; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The ACA will harm seniors by making cuts from the | 2 | | Medicare budget and causing seniors to lose the health | 3 | | insurance coverage they currently possess; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The provisions of the ACA will add to the national | 5 | | debt; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The provisions of the ACA aimed at reducing health | 7 | | care spending address the symptoms of the cost of health care | 8 | | rather than the root causes of growth in health care spending; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| 12 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we exposit the following: | 13 | | (1) the General Assembly rejects the Affordable Care | 14 | | Act and calls for the repeal of the Act by the Congress of | 15 | | the United States; | 16 | | (2) it is the opinion of the General Assembly that all | 17 | | individuals should have the right to make decisions about | 18 | | their health care, and no law should be in effect that | 19 | | restricts a person's freedom of choice of private health | 20 | | care systems or private plans of any type; | 21 | | (3) it is the opinion of the General Assembly that no | 22 | | law should interfere with a person's or entity's right to | 23 | | pay directly for lawful medical services, nor should any |
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| 1 | | law impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to | 2 | | obtain or decline health care coverage or for participation | 3 | | in any particular health care system or plan; and | 4 | | (4) it is the opinion of the General Assembly that in | 5 | | order to avoid federal government mandates, states should | 6 | | take measured steps to reform our nation's health care | 7 | | system that will allow for frequent midcourse corrections | 8 | | through the passage of smaller bills to replace the | 9 | | Affordable Care Act with sustainable, free market | 10 | | solutions such as tort reform and allowing individuals to | 11 | | buy health insurance across state lines; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | delivered to each member of the Illinois congressional | 14 | | delegation.
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