[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 147 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 147

   Expressing the sense of the Congress that any health care reform 
legislation that is enacted should require a Senator or Representative 
   in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress and any 
individual holding a position in levels I through III of the Executive 
   Schedule to enroll in a health plan offering the standard benefit 
                                package.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1993

 Ms. Byrne (for herself, Mr. Coppersmith, and Mr. Moran) submitted the 
  following concurrent resolution; which was referred jointly to the 
  Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil Service

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Congress that any health care reform 
legislation that is enacted should require a Senator or Representative 
   in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress and any 
individual holding a position in levels I through III of the Executive 
   Schedule to enroll in a health plan offering the standard benefit 
                                package.

Whereas, in the near future, the Congress likely will consider health care 
        reform legislation that would establish a standard benefit package to be 
        offered to most health plan enrollees in the United States;
Whereas such standard benefit package probably will be designed in a manner that 
        makes it affordable to an average health plan enrollee;
Whereas such health care reform legislation likely will permit individuals and 
        employers to purchase coverage for items and services that are not in 
        the standard benefit package only by purchasing a supplemental benefit 
        policy at an additional cost;
Whereas such health care reform legislation may limit the deductibility for 
        Federal tax purposes of expenditures for supplemental benefits;
Whereas Federal officials who determine the health care policy of the United 
        States should not require an average health plan enrollee to obtain 
        health care through a system from which such officials are exempt;
Whereas a Member of Congress who enrolls in a health plan that offers the 
        standard benefit package in the State or congressional district from 
        which the Member was elected can identify and work to resolve both 
        national problems with the benefit package and local problems with the 
        plan such as deficiencies in quality or insufficient access to care; and
Whereas public disclosure of the health plans in which Members of Congress and 
        senior officials in the executive branch are enrolled would make health 
        plans, health care providers, and health plan enrollees aware of the 
        stake that such Members and officials have in the quality and efficiency 
        of health plans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that any health care reform 
legislation that is enacted should require a Senator or Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress and any 
individual holding a position in levels I through III of the Executive 
Schedule--
            (1) to enroll in a health plan offering the standard 
        benefit package; and
            (2) to disclose publicly on an annual basis the health plan 
        in which they are enrolled.

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