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112
TH
CONGRESS1
ST
S
ESSION
S. 915
To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost andenhance the quality of the health care system.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
M
AY
9, 2011Mr. S
ANDERS
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referredto the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To provide for health care for every American and to controlthe cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Health Secu-
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rity Act of 2011’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF THE SENATE.
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(a) F
INDINGS
.—Congress finds as follows:
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(1) While the United States of America spends
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on average nearly twice as much per capita on
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health care services as the next most costly nation,
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the United States ranks 32d among all nations on
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life expectancy, and 41st on infant mortality.
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(2) The number of uninsured Americans rose
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by more than 4,000,000 between 2008 and 2009 to
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a total of 51,000,000, or more than 1 of every 6
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Americans.
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(3) This rise in the number of uninsured Amer-
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icans was the largest single-year increase since 1987
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and was the result of a continued decline in private
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health coverage, primarily in employer-sponsored in-
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surance.
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(4) Small businesses around the country cannot
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afford to reinvest in their companies and create new
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jobs because their health care bills are going up 10
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or 15 percent every year.
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(5) American businesses are at an economic dis-
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advantage, because their health care costs are so
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much higher than in other countries. Notably, auto-
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mobile manufacturers spend more on health care per
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automobile than on steel.
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(b) S
ENSE OF THE
S
ENATE
C
ONCERNING
U
RGENCY
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OF A
M
EDICARE
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FOR
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LL
T
YPE
S
INGLE
P
AYER
H
EALTH
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C
ARE
S
YSTEM
.—It is the sense of the Senate that the
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112th Congress should enact a Medicare-for-All Single
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Payer Health Care System to make American companies
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more competitive and to stimulate job creation.
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(c) S
ENSE OF THE
S
ENATE
C
ONCERNING THE
S
TA
-
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TUS OF
H
EALTH
C
ARE
.—It is the sense of the Senate that
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the 112th Congress should recognize and proclaim that
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health care is a human right.
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(d) S
ENSE OF THE
S
ENATE
C
ONCERNING
S
TATE
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F
LEXIBILITY
.—It is the sense of the Senate that in order
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to provide high quality health care coverage for all Ameri-
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cans while controlling costs in order to make American
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companies more competitive, individual States should be
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given maximum flexibility in designing health care pro-
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grams to improve the individual experience of care and
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the health of populations, and to reduce the per capita
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costs of care for each State.
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(e) S
ENSE OF THE
S
ENATE
C
ONCERNING A
N
EW
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H
EALTH
C
ARE
S
YSTEM
.—It is the sense of the Senate
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that—
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(1) a new single payer health care system
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should build on achievements and commitments in
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the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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(Public Law 111–148) and the Health Care and
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Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law
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111–152), to strengthen primary care and public
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health, to raise the quality of patient care, to de-
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