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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.

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

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;
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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

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that any

3 health care reform legislation that is enacted should re-
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1 quire a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi2 dent Commissioner to, the Congress and any individual

3 holding a position in levels I through III of the Executive

4 Schedule—

5 (1) to enroll in a health plan offering the stand6 ard benefit package; and

7 (2) to disclose publicly on an annual basis the

8 health plan in which they are enrolled.

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