PRINTER'S NO. 3565
No. 327 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT, PETRARCA, HERMAN, JACKSON, DISTLER,
MORRIS, TANGRETTI, TIGUE, PESCI, BILLOW, McVERRY, HECKLER,
FARGO, NOYE, D. F. CLARK, JOHNSON, CARLSON, DEMPSEY, BUSH,
COWELL, HAGARTY, McHALE, JOSEPHS, MERRY, ROBBINS, LANGTRY,
CIVERA, FREEMAN, BATTISTO, D. W. SNYDER, MICHLOVIC, ADOLPH,
STAIRS, LAUGHLIN, RITTER, TELEK, BISHOP, WILSON, MELIO,
CLYMER, RYBAK, STABACK, FARMER, D. R. WRIGHT, DORR, WILLIAMS,
SERAFINI, NAHILL, CARN, DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR, HERSHEY,
THOMAS, J. TAYLOR, SAURMAN, ITKIN AND TRELLO, MAY 23, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 23, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Blue
2 Shield and the hospitals, physicians and other private
3 contributors who have brought health care to low-income
4 children through the innovative Caring Program for Children.
5 WHEREAS, Children in low-income families receive 40% to 50%
6 less medical care than other children in the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, There are 1.2 million Pennsylvanians without health
8 care coverage; and
9 WHEREAS, 300,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians are children; and
10 WHEREAS, Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
11 Blue Shield have developed a health care program for uninsured
12 children; and
13 WHEREAS, This unique program, the Caring Program for
14 Children, offers primary preventive health care coverage to
15 uninsured children; and
1 WHEREAS, The program seeks and receives contributions from
2 the private sector; and
3 WHEREAS, The cost of this program is approximately $156 per
4 child per year; and
5 WHEREAS, More than 14,000 children in western Pennsylvania
6 have benefited from the Caring Program for Children; therefore
7 be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend Blue
9 Cross of Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield for
10 its bold initiative to provide preventive health care services
11 to children; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend the
13 hospitals, physicians and other private contributors in western
14 Pennsylvania who have made this program successful; and be it
15 further
16 RESOLVED, That the General Assembly encourage all Blue Cross
17 plans in Pennsylvania to develop programs for uninsured children
18 in the geographic regions they serve; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted by
20 the Chief Clerk to Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania, 5th
21 Avenue Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222; and to
22 Pennsylvania Blue Shield, 1800 Center Street, Camp Hill,
23 Pennsylvania, 17089.
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