S.Amdt. 1095

1. Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) Since 2010, approximately 16,400,000 uninsured Americans have gained health insurance and the uninsured rate has dropped by 35 percent.

   Inserted: (2) Nearly 9,500,000 seniors and individuals with disabilities have saved over $15,000,000,000 on prescription drugs since March 2010. In the past year, 5,100,000 individuals saved $4,800,000,000 or an average of $941 per beneficiary in lower prescription drug costs.

   Inserted: (3) National health spending in 2013 grew at the lowest annual increase since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began tracking the statistic in 1960.

   Inserted: (4) Currently, 28 States and the District of Columbia have expanded their Medicaid programs, and as of January 2015, approximately 11,200,000 additional Americans were covered under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program compared to enrollment as of October 2013.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the findings described in subsection (a) have been a positive development to our nation's health care system.

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