<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>U.S. Senate</div><div>Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions</div><div>September 15, 2016</div><div>Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public Option</div><div><br></div><div>Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), along with 22 of their colleagues, introduced a Senate resolution calling for a public option in the health insurance market.</div><div><br></div><div>Senate Resolution</div><div><br></div><div>Supporting efforts to increase competition and accountability in the health insurance marketplace, and extend accessible, quality, affordable health care coverage to every American through the choice of a public insurance plan.</div><div><br></div><div>After nine whereases:</div><div><br></div><div>Resolved, that the Senate supports efforts—</div><div><br></div><div> to build on the Affordable Care Act by ensuring that, in addition to the coverage options provided by private insurers, every American has access to a public health insurance option which, when established, will strengthen competition, improve affordability for families by reducing premiums and increasing choices, and save American taxpayers billions of dollars.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.help.senate.gov/ranking/newsroom/press/senators-introduce-resolution-calling-for-health-care-public-option">http://www.help.senate.gov/ranking/newsroom/press/senators-introduce-resolution-calling-for-health-care-public-option</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>