[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 144

   To express the sense of the Senate that, by the end of the 104th 
Congress, the Senate should pass health care legislation to provide all 
Americans with coverage that is at least as good as the Senate provides 
                              for itself.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 29 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

 Mr. Wellstone (for himself and Mr. Feingold) submitted the following 
resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor 
                          and Human Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   To express the sense of the Senate that, by the end of the 104th 
Congress, the Senate should pass health care legislation to provide all 
Americans with coverage that is at least as good as the Senate provides 
                              for itself.
Whereas the American people want and deserve the same high quality health care 
        as that received by Members of Congress;
Whereas 41,000,000 Americans are uninsured, more than 11,000,000 of whom are 
        children;
Whereas children have accounted for the largest proportion of the increase in 
        the number of uninsured individuals in recent years;
Whereas the percentage of working people who receive health insurance from their 
        employer has dipped to its lowest point since the early 1980's;
Whereas thousands of the Nation's smallest businesses continue to find the cost 
        of health insurance out of reach;
Whereas many employers who do provide coverage for their employees have been 
        forced to reduce benefits and increase employee cost-sharing 
        requirements in order to continue to provide insurance;
Whereas medical inflation continues to grow at double the general inflation 
        rate;
Whereas choice of health plan and provider is becoming increasingly limited for 
        the vast majority of Americans;
Whereas many American families continue to be subject to discriminatory 
        insurance practices and denied coverage due to preexisting health 
        conditions;
Whereas the proposed $450,000,000,000 in medicare and medicaid cuts may lead to 
        increasing numbers of uninsured, higher uncompensated health care costs, 
        and severe cost shifting to the private sector; and
Whereas the status quo is unacceptable and the American public continues to 
        believe that major reform of our country's health care system should be 
        a top priority for Congress: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, by the end of 
the 104th Congress, the Senate should pass health care legislation to 
provide all Americans with coverage that is at least as good as the 
Senate provides for itself.
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