Joe Baca: “we are about to engage in a battle to protect patients' rights, our rights and the rights of our loved ones. I believe…”

“we are about to engage in a battle to protect patients' rights, our rights and the rights of our loved ones. I believe that every American, those in the 42nd district of California, those across the Nation are all entitled to quality health care. We can no longer take for granted that HMOs will let doctors base decisions on our health needs. We can no longer assume that HMOs care about our health concerns over the companies' bottom line. The bottom line is that HMOs care only about one thing: Profits! Profits! Profits! Profits! instead of health needs! health needs! health needs! health needs! Too often today, HMOs are not making sound decisions about the health needs of our families, our children, our parents and grandparents! We must shift priorities away from money and back to the patient! Away from HMOS and back to our doctors! This debate is about taking care of the American people that invest in our country every day! It is about working mothers in San Bernardino with sick children at home. It is about a husband or wife in Rialto having to take time off work to see a doctor only to be referred to another doctor. This is about direct access for women to see an ob-gyn, for your child to see a pediatrician, to emergency care specialists, this is a matter of life or death! Let's not forget about those who have dedicated their lives to our health and happiness, our parents, our grandparents, the elderly. This can no longer be about profits!”