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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY SEYMOUR, ANGELO, BEALL, BEHN, BLACK, BOETTGER,
1 3 BOLKCOM, BRUNKHORST, CONNOLLY, COURTNEY, DEARDEN,
1 4 DOTZLER, DRAKE, DVORSKY, FRAISE, GASKILL, GRONSTAL,
1 5 HATCH, HOLVECK, HORN, HOSCH, HOUSER, IVERSON, JOHNSON,
1 6 KETTERING, KIBBIE, KREIMAN, LAMBERTI, LUNDBY, McCOY,
1 7 McKIBBEN, McKINLEY, MILLER, PUTNEY, QUIRMBACH, RAGAN,
1 8 REDFERN, REHBERG, SCHUERER, SENG, SHULL, SIEVERS,
1 9 STEWART, TINSMAN, VEENSTRA, WARNSTADT,
1 10 WIECK, and ZIEMAN
1 11 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the federal Medicare
1 12 program and requesting assistance from the federal
1 13 government.
1 14 WHEREAS, the federal Medicare program provides
1 15 health care coverage for more than 485,000 Iowa senior
1 16 citizens and disabled persons; and
1 17 WHEREAS, all Americans equally contribute payroll
1 18 taxes to fund the federal Medicare program; and
1 19 WHEREAS, Iowa has a disproportionately large number
1 20 of federal Medicare enrollees, making Iowa health care
1 21 providers particularly dependent on federal Medicare
1 22 payments as a revenue source; and
1 23 WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Medicare and
1 24 Medicaid Services of the United States Department of
1 25 Health and Human Services, Iowa hospitals provide the
1 26 eighth highest quality care of any state in the
1 27 nation; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the current federal Medicare funding
1 29 formula has created inequitable payments, leaving Iowa
1 30 with the lowest per-enrollee payment level in the
2 1 nation; and
2 2 WHEREAS, Iowa's unfairly low federal Medicare
2 3 payments are a drain on Iowa's economy, costing the
2 4 state of Iowa approximately $1 billion annually in
2 5 Medicare reimbursement funding that could aid in the
2 6 payment of health care costs of Medicare-eligible
2 7 residents; and
2 8 WHEREAS, Iowa's unfairly low federal Medicare
2 9 payments make it difficult to recruit physicians,
2 10 nurses, and other health care professionals, who are
2 11 in great demand throughout Iowa and the nation; and
2 12 WHEREAS, the United States Congress has the
2 13 authority to pass legislation to address Iowa's
2 14 Medicare equity concerns; NOW THEREFORE,
2 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 16 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 17 of the State of Iowa urges the United States Congress
2 18 to pass legislation that addresses Iowa's Medicare
2 19 equity concerns; and
2 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 21 Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
2 22 the President of the United States, the President of
2 23 the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
2 24 States House of Representatives, and to all members of
2 25 Iowa's congressional delegation.
2 26 LSB 1822SS 80
2 27 pf/cf/24
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