78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 101 Page: 2 of 4
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H.C.R. No. 101
1 would adopt the successful strategies of the private sector and use
2 the marketplace to foster competition among private plans,
3 maintaining the financial viability of the program and offering
4 greater choice of quality coverage to seniors and the disabled; and
5 WHEREAS, Instead, the lack of a prescription drug benefit in
6 particular has forced states to supplement Medicare by providing
7 medicine to vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries through state
8 Medicaid programs; this "dually eligible" population, those who
9 qualify for federal Medicare and state Medicaid, accounts for 42
10 percent of Medicaid drug expenditures nationwide; and
11 WHEREAS, The situation is critical in Texas, where the
12 Congressional Budget Office reported the enactment of a Medicare
13 drug benefit would mean a savings of nearly $2 billion in Medicaid
14 funds between 2005 and 2012; alarmingly, the costs to state
15 Medicaid programs are expected to increase as the non-elderly
16 disabled and the elderly over age 85 who are most likely to be
17 dually eligible are the fastest growing populations within
18 Medicare; and
19 WHEREAS, With state Medicaid programs already facing serious
20 budgetary constraints that threaten to restrict patients' access to
21 needed medical care and prescription drugs, it is more important
22 than ever that the congress enact a Medicare prescription drug
23 benefit as quickly as possible; now, therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas
25 hereby respectfully request that the Congress of the United States
26 enact financially sustainable, voluntary, universal, and privately
27 administered outpatient prescription drug coverage as part of the
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 101, legislative document, June 20, 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158843/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.