House Resolution 3

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2       BY  GASKILL, WHITAKER, MYERS, LYKAM, WENDT,
  1  3        CONNORS, FREVERT, DAVITT, MILLER, FALLON,
  1  4   D. TAYLOR, COHOON, MASCHER, BUKTA, QUIRK, STEVENS,
  1  5      HUSER, PETERSEN, WISE, SMITH, THOMAS, BERRY,
  1  6      WHITEAD, T. TAYLOR, MERTZ, LENSING, WINCKLER,
  1  7                  SHOULTZ, and DANDEKAR
  1  8 A House Resolution relating to Medicare reimbursement.
  1  9    WHEREAS, the state of Iowa ranks 50th among the
  1 10 states in Medicare program payment reimbursement from
  1 11 the federal government per enrollee for medical
  1 12 services provided to Iowans; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, Iowans pay the same rate to the federal
  1 14 government as do the citizens of all other states for
  1 15 Medicare services; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the medical services provided to Iowans
  1 17 are of no lesser quality than those provided in the
  1 18 other states; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 19    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 20 That the Iowa General Assembly requests that the
  1 21 federal government provide equality in Medicare to the
  1 22 citizens of all states by providing equality in
  1 23 Medicare reimbursement rates; and
  1 24    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  1 25 resolution be sent to the President of the United
  1 26 States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
  1 27 United States Senate, the Speaker, Majority Leader,
  1 28 and Minority Leader of the United States House of
  1 29 Representatives, and to members of the Iowa
  1 30 congressional delegation.
  2  1 LSB 1371HH 80
  2  2 pf/pj/5.1