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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of |
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access to health care for the uninsured, the City of DeSoto and |
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Parkland Health & Hospital System are sponsoring the 2009 Cover the |
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Uninsured Health Expo on March 23, to coincide with Cover the |
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Uninsured Week from March 22 to 28, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Primary health care is essential to the well-being |
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of every man, woman, and child, yet an estimated 26.3 percent of |
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Texans under the age of 65 are lacking health coverage; and |
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WHEREAS, Cover the Uninsured Week, a project of the Robert |
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Wood Johnson Foundation, brings together employers, workers, |
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educators, students, patients, hospital staff, physicians, nurses, |
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faith leaders and their congregants, and many others to speak out on |
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behalf of the uninsured; and |
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WHEREAS, The DeSoto expo is featuring free health screenings, |
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as well as information on early detection and prevention; and |
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WHEREAS, Far too many Texans are living without health |
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insurance, the consequences of which are poorer health and |
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premature death, and it is vital that citizens and public officials |
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collaborate to address this critical issue; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 2009 Cover the Uninsured Health |
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Expo in DeSoto and recognize March 22-28, 2009, as Cover the |
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Uninsured Week. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 884 was adopted by the House on March |
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19, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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