[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 156 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 156

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that reform of our Nation's health 
  care system should include the establishment of a federally backed 
                            insurance pool.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2009

  Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
   Schumer, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mr. Reed, Mr. Levin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Whitehouse, 
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Udall of New 
     Mexico, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Burris, Mr. 
 Lautenberg, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Akaka) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that reform of our Nation's health 
  care system should include the establishment of a federally backed 
                            insurance pool.

Whereas in the presence of a federally backed insurance pool, those Americans 
        who have become unemployed, live in rural and other traditionally 
        underserved areas, or have been unable to attain affordable health 
        insurance would benefit from consumer choice: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes that any efforts to reform our 
Nation's health care system should include as an option the 
establishment of a federally backed insurance pool to create options 
for American consumers.
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