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PAG LIN 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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