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Lynn C. Woolsey: “What our health care system needs, Mr. Speaker, is the Dingell-Daschle bill, a patient protection bill that ensures…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1998
What our health care system needs, Mr. Speaker, is the Dingell-Daschle bill, a patient protection bill that ensures doctors and patients are able to make the decisions about the patient's health care, not insurance company bureaucrats and clerks. A patient protection bill must ensure that patients have the right to choose their doctor, see a specialist, and seek a court remedy when claims have been unfairly denied. It is time to put doctors and patients back in charge of health care. I urge my colleagues to support the Dingell-Daschle patient protection bill.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing the need for patient protection legislation in health care.

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