HR 8:
"A RESOLUTION commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965."

HR 8 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0248

05/09

HOUSE RESOLUTION 8

A RESOLUTION commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965.

SPONSORS: Rep. Horrigan, Straf 6; Rep. Emerson, Ches 11

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This resolution commemorates the 50^th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965.

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15-0248

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

A RESOLUTION commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965.

• Whereas, on July 30, 2015, the United States will mark the 50^th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965, Public Law 89-97; and

• Whereas, President Lyndon B. Johnson sighed the bill into law on July 30, 1965; and

• Whereas, the act created the country’s first national health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid; and

• Whereas, Medicare guarantees affordable health insurance to all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as younger persons with severe disabilities; and

• Whereas, Medicaid provides matching funds to states for programs serving the poor and disabled; and

• Whereas, on March 26, 2014, Governor Margaret Wood Hassan signed SB 413, "An act relative to access to health insurance coverage," which uses federal Medicaid funds to guarantee health care for all New?Hampshire residents with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level; now, therefore, be it

• Resolved by the House of Representatives:

• That the New Hampshire house of representatives hereby recognizes the importance of access to affordable healthcare for all citizens on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid; and

• That copies of this resolution be transmitted by the house clerk to the Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Majority and Minority leaders of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Floor Speech Against ITL of HR 8

commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1965.

Rep. Timothy Horrigan; February 11, 2015

hank you Mr Speaker!

Half a century ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law on July 30, 1965. This act created the country’s first national health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare guarantees affordable health insurance to all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as to the severely disabled of all ages. Medicaid provides matching funds to all 50 states, including New Hampshire, for programs serving the poor and disabled. The Social Security Act of 1965 was no ordinary piece of legislation: it was a great step forward for the American people, and its anniversary deserves to be celebrated.

Are Medicare and Medicaid perfect? No. But they have made a huge difference to the life of the average American.

For example, I am an average 58 year old man. In the early 1960s, before Medicare, my average life expectancy would have been 18 more years. Today, my life expectancy is 23 more years. My father died in 2011 when he was 80 years old: 50% of his male contemporaries outlived him, along with 64% of the women. My mother is amongst that fortunate 64%. In the 1960s, only 25% of the men and 43% of the women lived that long.

Please overturn the "Inexpedient To Legislate" report so an alternative motion can be introduced.