House Resolution 3 PAG LIN 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