PRINTER'S NO. 1063
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
181
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, DERMODY, HANNA, MARKOSEK, FRANKEL,
YOUNGBLOOD, GOODMAN, BOYLE, BARBIN, BRADFORD, BULLOCK,
CARROLL, CEPHAS, COMITTA, P. COSTA, CRUZ, DALEY, DAVIDSON,
DAVIS, DEAN, DeLISSIO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, FABRIZIO,
FITZGERALD, FREEMAN, GAINEY, GERGELY, J. HARRIS, HILL-EVANS,
KAVULICH, KIM, KINSEY, KIRKLAND, KRUEGER-BRANEKY, KULIK,
MADDEN, MATZIE, McCLINTON, McNEILL, D. MILLER, NEILSON,
O'BRIEN, RABB, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SIMS,
SOLOMON, STURLA, THOMAS, VITALI, WARREN, BRIGGS, V. BROWN,
D. COSTA, DAWKINS, DEASY, FLYNN, HARKINS, W. KELLER, MULLERY,
PASHINSKI, RAVENSTAHL, ROEBUCK AND WHEATLEY, MARCH 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 22, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Urging the President and the Congress of the United States to
not repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
WHEREAS, In 2010, the Congress of the United States passed
and then President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-48, 124 Stat. 119),
known as the Affordable Care Act or the ACA; and
WHEREAS, Often referred to as Obamacare, the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) established a comprehensive series of health insurance
reforms designed to make universal, affordable health insurance
coverage available to all Americans while controlling rising
health care costs and ending certain insurance industry
practices that limited access to health coverage; and
WHEREAS, Specifically, provisions of the ACA expand access to
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