John Shadegg: “Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the gentleman has read page 167 of the bill…”

On the recordAugust 2, 2001

Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the gentleman has read page 167 of the bill which provides to certain health care plans sponsored by very large group providers absolute immunity for nonmedical injuries? The language of the gentleman's bill says if there is a self-funded, self-insured plan, it gets absolute immunity when someone is injured or killed by a nonmedical determination. So let us say they wrongfully decide coverage and a patient is injured, there is absolute immunity, there is no recovery whatsoever.

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John Shadegg

Arizona

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Discussing concerns about immunity provisions in the Ganske-Dingell health care bill.

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John Shadegg: “Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the gentleman has read page 167 of the bill which provides to certain health care plans…”

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