House Resolution 36

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  HANSEN
  1  3 A Resolution urging the federal government to
  1  4    implement equal tax treatment for individual and
  1  5    group health insurance coverage.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the number of citizens in the United
  1  7 States without health insurance coverage continues to
  1  8 rise; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, most citizens without health insurance are
  1 10 not eligible for health insurance coverage from an
  1 11 employer; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, citizens who cannot obtain health
  1 13 insurance coverage from an employer do not have a tax
  1 14 incentive to purchase health insurance coverage while
  1 15 citizens who have employer=provided health insurance
  1 16 coverage and their employers both have tax incentives
  1 17 to purchase and provide coverage; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 18    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 19 That the federal government is urged to implement
  1 20 equal tax treatment for individual and group health
  1 21 insurance coverage; and
  1 22    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
  1 23 House of Representatives shall send an official copy
  1 24 of this Resolution to the President of the United
  1 25 States; the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
  1 26 United States Senate; the Speaker, Majority Leader,
  1 27 and Minority Leader of the United States House of
  1 28 Representatives; and the members of Iowa's
  1 29 congressional delegation.
  1 30 LSB 2330HH 80
  2  1 jp/sh/8