[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1049. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF POSITIVE 
                   DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Since January 2014, approximately 16,400,000 uninsured 
     Americans have gained health insurance and the uninsured rate 
     has dropped by 35 percent.
       (2) Nearly 9,500,000 seniors and individuals with 
     disabilities have saved over $15,000,000,000 on prescription 
     drugs since March 2010. In the past year, 5,100,000 
     individuals saved $4,800,000,000 or an average of $941 per 
     beneficiary in lower prescription drug costs.
       (3) National health spending in 2013 grew at the lowest 
     annual increase since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
     Services began tracking the statistic in 1960.
       (4) Currently, 28 States and the District of Columbia have 
     expanded their Medicaid programs, and as of January 2015, 
     approximately 11,200,000 additional Americans were covered 
     under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program 
     compared to enrollment as of October 2013.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the findings described in subsection (a) have been a positive 
     development to our nation's health care system.
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