<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the Minnesota congressional delegation to vote against the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>health care reform bill.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will soon be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>acted on in the United States Congress; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, the bill as currently constituted is flawed in a number of troubling ways; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>WHEREAS, its flaws include (1) an unconstitutional individual mandate, (2) an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>unconstitutional capitation tax, and (3) definitions of health coverage by the members of a panel <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>who are not accountable to voters and who are free to promote their own agendas; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>WHEREAS, by putting an inflexible ceiling on what insurers may spend on medical costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>and how much they can charge on premiums, without any limit on their costs, the bill opens the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>door to the complete elimination of people's ability to choose private health plans; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>WHEREAS, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>an amendment to the federal Public Health Service Act intended to help individuals with <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>functional impairments to pay for services and supports, is incorporated into H.R. 3590; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, while the CLASS Act appears to bring in $58 billion in tax revenues by 2019, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>in fact the mechanics of the program's funding assure its eventual collapse; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>WHEREAS, the American Academy of Actuaries has concluded that the program's <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>premiums are far too low to cover the expected claims because those who are likely to enroll are <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>likely to need services; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, both the AAA and the Congressional Budget Office project that the program's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>projections are very uncertain past the 2019 cutoff and that program costs would eventually add <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>to, and not reduce, the deficit; NOW, THEREFORE,<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>congressional delegation to vote against H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges Minnesota's Attorney General <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>to maintain legal action to protect the interests and constitutional rights of Minnesota's citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>with regard to health care insurance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>States, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>of the United States House of Representatives, Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Congress, and the Attorney General of Minnesota.<br />
         		
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