MO HCR28

Missouri House and Senate urge U.S. Congress to enact the Improved and Expanded Medicare for All Act (H.R. 676) sponsored by Representative John Conyers.

Cites health care crisis in the United States including rising costs, increased premiums, and approximately 827,000 uninsured Missourians as of 2009.

References research finding that a single-payer universal health program in Missouri could save $1.3 billion in administrative costs while providing benefits more generous than 75% of private insurance.

States that current multi-payer for-profit system consumes approximately 30% of U.S. health care spending on administrative bureaucracy.

Directs Missouri House Chief Clerk to send inscribed copies of the resolution to the President and Missouri Congressional Delegation.