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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY GIPP, MYERS, ALONS, ARNOLD, BAUDLER, BELL,
1 3 BERRY, BOAL, BODDICKER, BOGGESS, BUKTA, CARROLL,
1 4 CHAMBERS, CONNORS, DANDEKAR, DE BOEF, DENNIS,
1 5 DIX, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, EICHHORN, FALLON, FOEGE,
1 6 FREEMAN, FREVERT, GASKILL, GIPP, GRANZOW,
1 7 GREIMANN, GREINER, HAHN, B. HANSEN, D. HANSON,
1 8 HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HOGG, HORBACH, HUSEMAN,
1 9 HUSER, HUTTER, JACOBS, JOCHUM, JONES, KLEMME,
1 10 KRAMER, KURTENBACH, LALK, LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM,
1 11 MANTERNACH, MASCHER, McCARTHY, MILLER, MURPHY,
1 12 OLDSON, D. OLSON, S. OLSON, OSTERHAUS, PAULSEN,
1 13 PETERSEN, RAECKER, RAYHONS, REASONER, ROBERTS,
1 14 SANDS, SCHICKEL, SMITH, STEVENS, STRUYK, SWAIM,
1 15 D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES, TYMESON,
1 16 UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, J. K. VAN FOSSEN,
1 17 J. R. VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WHITAKER,
1 18 WILDERDYKE, and WINCKLER
1 19 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the federal Medicare
1 20 program and requesting assistance from the federal
1 21 government.
1 22 WHEREAS, the federal Medicare program provides
1 23 health care coverage for more than 485,000 Iowa senior
1 24 citizens and disabled persons; and
1 25 WHEREAS, all Americans equally contribute payroll
1 26 taxes to fund the federal Medicare program; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Iowa has a disproportionately large number
1 28 of federal Medicare enrollees, making Iowa health care
1 29 providers particularly dependent on federal Medicare
1 30 payments as a revenue source; and
2 1 WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Medicare and
2 2 Medicaid Services of the United States Department of
2 3 Health and Human Services, Iowa hospitals provide the
2 4 eighth highest quality care of any state in the
2 5 nation; and
2 6 WHEREAS, the current federal Medicare funding
2 7 formula has created inequitable payments, leaving Iowa
2 8 with the lowest per-enrollee payment level in the
2 9 nation; and
2 10 WHEREAS, Iowa's unfairly low federal Medicare
2 11 payments are a drain on Iowa's economy, costing the
2 12 state of Iowa approximately $1 billion annually in
2 13 Medicare reimbursement funding that could aid in the
2 14 payment of health care costs of Medicare-eligible
2 15 residents; and
2 16 WHEREAS, Iowa's unfairly low federal Medicare
2 17 payments make it difficult to recruit physicians,
2 18 nurses, and other health care professionals, who are
2 19 in great demand throughout Iowa and the nation; and
2 20 WHEREAS, the United States Congress has the
2 21 authority to pass legislation to address Iowa's
2 22 Medicare equity concerns; NOW THEREFORE,
2 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 24 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly of the
2 25 State of Iowa urges the United States Congress to pass
2 26 legislation that addresses Iowa's Medicare equity
2 27 concerns; and
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 29 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
2 30 Representatives to the President of the United States,
3 1 the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker
3 2 of the United States House of Representatives, and to
3 3 all members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 4 LSB 1822HH 80
3 5 pf/cf/24.1
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