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WHEREAS, European countries, including the countries that have amulti-payer system, spend less than 10% of their Gross Domestic Froduct on health caze, compared to 14% spent by United States citizens, and WHEREAS, a majority of citizens in the United States and in North Cazolina believe that every citizen should have access to health caze on a regulaz basis, and WHEREAS, the findings of the 1994 NC Health Study Commission Found that insuring all North Carolinians was financially feasible. WHEREAS, HR 1396: ^ would not require that the state become a health caze provider or insurer, ^ would not prescribe any particular mechanism to meet the obligation of providing access to health care for all, ^ would not expose health care providers to lawsuits just because they refused to provide care for a specific individual who demands it, ^ would not require that the state provide health care to illegal aliens, and WHEREAS, HR 1396 would put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot giving the citizens of North Carolina the chance to express their will on this issue in November and if passed require that the General Assembly provide a plan to ensure access to appropriate health care on a regulaz basis for all residents of North Carolina, and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (Insert name of county) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THAT: 1. We publicly endorse HR 1396 and support its passage by both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly during the 1999-2000 session so that the question of a constitutional amendment may be posed to the people of North Cazolina during the general election in November 2000. 2. A copy of this resolution will be sent to Governor Jun Hunt, Senator Marc Basnight, President Pro Tempore, Rep. Jim Black, Speaker of the House, Rep. Bill Culpepper, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and to the members of the North Carolina General Assembly who represent this county.