00SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                                      
01 Relating to health care reform and recommendations of the Health Resources and                                          
02 Access Task Force.                                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS health care costs have grown at a rate far in excess of the overall inflation                                  
05 rate in the economy; and                                                                                                
06  WHEREAS a recent survey of state residents conducted by the Health Resources and                                       
07 Access Task Force indicated that the vast majority of Alaskans have significant concerns about                          
08 the adequacy and stability of health care costs; and                                                                    
09  WHEREAS, despite the significant amount of money spent on health care, over 76,000                                     
10 people in the state have no health care insurance; and                                                                  
11  WHEREAS the individual states have been encouraged to pursue their own solutions                                       
12 to health care reform, along with efforts underway by the federal government; and                                       
13  WHEREAS there are inherent problems in our system of health care, including                                            
14 insurance rates that are unaffordable, coverage that is not available, and a lack of access to                          

01 health care in many areas of the state; and                                                                             
02  WHEREAS the state needs to fundamentally reform health care in order to correct                                        
03 problems in the state's health care financing and delivery systems; and                                                 
04  WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature created the Health Resources and Access                                           
05 Task Force and that group after two years of intensive work has made specific                                           
06 recommendations for changing the system of health care in this state; and                                               
07  WHEREAS many of the recommendations of the Health Resources and Access Task                                            
08 Force are contained in legislation to be considered by the Alaska State Legislature;                                    
09  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports health care reform and                                       
10 implementation of the recommendations of the Health Resources and Access Task Force.