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would save millions in taxpayer dollars now spent on premiums that provide often inadequate <br />health insurance coverage for government employees; and, <br />WHEREAS, the quality of life for the residents of Lakewood will vastly improve because they <br />would be able to get the ongoing care they need, instead of waiting until they have a medical <br />emergency that could upend their lives as well as further burden local resources. <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: <br />Section 1. Lakewood City Council urges Congress to enact emergency legislation to provide <br />universal, comprehensive health coverage with zero cost -sharing for patients during this crisis and <br />enthusiastically supports the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976). <br />Section 2. This Council calls on our federal legislators to work toward its immediate enactment, <br />assuring appropriate and efficient health care for all residents of the United States. <br />Section 3. Council directs that this resolution expressing support for the Medicare for All Act of <br />2021 be sent to Lakewood's federal representative, the United States President, and Speaker of <br />the House of Representatives. <br />Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and <br />relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and <br />that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal <br />action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />z <br />Adopted._ <br />�. <br />DANIEL J. O'MALLEY, PRESIDENT <br />MAUREEN MCHUGH BACH, CLERK <br />Approved: � ! 1"�' � �" � �-c..f, �-�,.r �'� • .--�d�.�, <br />M EG HAN F. G EO RG E, MAYOR <br />