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<br />'1e-\ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION URGING ENACTMENT OF FEDERAL AND STATE <br />LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING EQUITABLE, ECONOMICAL, <br />AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR SENIOR <br />CITIZENS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, senior citizens in the City of Redwood and throughout the <br /> <br />Country depend upon local medical care provided through health maintenance <br /> <br />organizations ("HMOs") and health insurance carriers to safeguard their lives and <br /> <br />health; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, skyrocketing medical costs, cancellation of HMO contraçts <br /> <br />with medical providers, and drastic insurance coverage changes instituted by <br /> <br />insurance carriers threaten the health and wellbeing of all citizens, but <br /> <br />particularly senior citizens; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, confidence in the health care system of this country <br /> <br />has been seriously eroded by the foregoing practices of HMOs, healthcare <br /> <br />insurance carriers, and healthcare providers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the lack of confidence in the nation's healthcare system is <br /> <br />most severely felt by senior citizens who are powerless to obtain effective <br /> <br />replacement healthcare services in response to the disruptive and unpredictable <br /> <br />actions of HMOs, insurance carriers, and healthcare providers; and <br /> <br />Reso-1031 <br />DES:rg <br />F :/Shared/Redwood/Council <br />11/06/00 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />"'r--'---T"""" <br />