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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY JOHNSON 1 3 A Concurrent Resolution relating to support of the 1 4 State of Minnesota's lawsuit against the federal 1 5 government and the United States Secretary of Health 1 6 and Human Services regarding disparate funding under 1 7 the federal Medicare program. 1 8 WHEREAS, the federal Medicare program was 1 9 established in 1965 to provide uniform health care 1 10 benefits and services to the elderly and certain 1 11 persons with disabilities; and 1 12 WHEREAS, beneficiaries of the federal Medicare 1 13 program contribute in equal percentages, based on 1 14 earnings, to the funding of the federal Medicare 1 15 program; and 1 16 WHEREAS, beginning in 1972, Congress amended the 1 17 federal Social Security Act to utilize managed care 1 18 principals in the federal Medicare program; and 1 19 WHEREAS, these changes have resulted in the use of 1 20 a reimbursement formula that has transformed a 1 21 nondiscriminatory, uniform national program into a 1 22 program in which the availability, cost, and scope of 1 23 additional health benefits available to participants 1 24 in a federal Medicare managed care health plan vary 1 25 drastically, depending upon the county and state in 1 26 which the beneficiary resides, despite the fact that 1 27 all beneficiaries still contribute in equal 1 28 percentages to the funding of the program; and 1 29 WHEREAS, congressional efforts to eliminate the 1 30 disparity in rates paid and in health care benefits 2 1 and services provided have failed to eliminate the 2 2 disparity in the federal Medicare program under 2 3 managed care; and 2 4 WHEREAS, the Attorney General of Minnesota has 2 5 filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Minnesota 2 6 claiming that the federal Medicare program is 2 7 violative of the Constitution of the United States on 2 8 the bases of constitutionally protected state 2 9 sovereignty, equal protection, and the right to 2 10 travel; NOW THEREFORE, 2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 2 12 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly 2 13 supports the efforts of the Attorney General of 2 14 Minnesota on behalf of the State of Minnesota and 2 15 supports the plaintiff's prayer for declaratory and 2 16 injunctive relief in declaring the federal Medicare 2 17 managed care payment scheme violative of 2 18 constitutionally protected state sovereignty, equal 2 19 protection, and the right to travel, and in enjoining 2 20 the portion of the federal Medicare managed care 2 21 funding scheme that results in discriminatory, unequal 2 22 funding disparities. 2 23 LSB 5618YH 78 2 24 pf/gg/8
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