Introduced Version






HOUSE

RESOLUTION No. ___




Introduced by: Turner; Welch


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    A HOUSE RESOLUTION to urge the legislative council to create a committee to study the benefits of providing every Hoosier long term care insurance for a limited period of time in order to encourage greater participation in Indiana's long term care insurance program.

    Whereas, Long term care Medicaid costs are dramatically increasing for the state of Indiana, and long term care insurance has not been widely accepted;

    Whereas, The costs of long term care are often financially devastating for individuals and families and eventually become a drain on the state's resources;

    Whereas, The state needs to be pro-active in anticipating the increase in long term care needs and encouraging Hoosiers to anticipate their own long term care needs by securing long term care insurance;

    Whereas, Further study is warranted to determine the short

term costs and the potential long term Medicaid savings to the state in the future if a significant additional number of Hoosiers were to participate in the long term insurance program: Therefore,
    

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the

General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. That the legislative council is urged to create a committee to study the benefits of providing every Hoosier long term care insurance for a limited period of time in order to encourage greater participation in Indiana's long term care insurance program.





RR 4535/DI ms

2008


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