Essentially, they are being litigated to death, which is absolutely unacceptable, just unacceptable.
I recently supported Senator Grassley's attempt to move administration of Part D from the DOE to the DOL.
The people Congress wanted to help deserved so much better than they got.
It seems like what we are doing is we are setting people up here and giving them some hope...
So this goes back to your opening statement, when you said we need to communicate what our program is all about...
Is the DOE defending its physicians panel determinations when they are challenged by insurance companies, and if not why not?
U. S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Don Young from Alaska have both asked Secretary Abraham to resolve the willing payor issue.
This goes back to our discussion about resolving the willing payor issue.
Well, how can you get the claims processed with no understanding on the other end as to how you are going to make the payment?
These workers and their survivors are entitled to far better treatment then many of them have endured.
The findings of the Hays Group further reinforce the need to move claims processing from the Department of Energy to the Department of Labor...
I think certainly Senator Bunning and myself are in total agreement that it is not working, we have got to figure out a way to fix it.
We have some statistics that, unfortunately, are off the charts when it comes to rates of alcoholism.
I do not know whether it is in the Administration's kind of spot light, if you will, to elevate this position as Director to perhaps an Assi...
I think that speaks a lot. And if you listen well to the concerns and are willing then to implement afterwards, I think we all win.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We need to work with our communities on that. We need to work to push the prevention issues.
If I had to characterize my views on the proposed Bering Sea Crab Rationalization Program at the moment, I would probably say it is undecide...
