Pete Stark

The results of that audit represent a clear case of greed and fraud committed by dishonest mental health care providers.

My colleagues and I are proud to introduce the 'Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999' that will enact much-needed reforms to Medicare's partial hospitalization benefit.

Partial hospitalization is an important component of Medicare. In-patient hospitalization for psychiatric treatment is expensive and disruptive to the person's life.

My colleagues and I are proud to introduce the 'Partial Hospitalization Services Integrity Act of 1999' that will enact much-needed reforms to Medicare's partial hospitalization benefit.

Unfortunately, many dishonest individuals have abused the partial hospitalization program and defrauded the government of millions of dollars.

It is time to act quickly and decisively to preserve a valuable service and to stop the waste, fraud, and abuse perpetrated by unscrupulous operators.

I am confused by this. It does tend to imbalance things. I am not so sure that if they had a two-thirds majority to cut taxes along with the two-thirds majority to raise it that I would not go along with them. I am not so sure that if they…

I rise today to call for the use of modern statistical methods in order to assure an accurate census in the year 2000. Without this, the undercount of the urban and rural poor and minorities will persist. H.R. 472, the Local Census Quality…

Centers of Excellence has already been proven to decrease mortality and lower cost.

Institute of Medicine studies have shown that components of marijuana relieve symptoms associated with terrible diseases such as AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and epilepsy.

The point of making marijuana a Schedule II drug is so that it can be regulated as closely as other prescription drug with the potential for abuse.

Opposition to medical marijuana use has often focused on the belief that legalizing the drug for medical use will lead to an increase in its recreational use.

Today I am introducing the first in a series of bills to modernize Medicare for the future: the 'Centers of Excellence Act of 1999.'

This bill would move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to Schedule II of the Act, allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients with a clear medical need for the drug.

Indeed, good health policy in this nation would prohibit hospitals from doing sophisticated procedures if they do not have sufficient experience.

Marijuana has also been proven to provide some relief to patients with glaucoma and epilepsy.

Medicare should be given the authority to contract with certain hospitals for quality and volume--both to save money and to deliver better health care.

Treating marijuana as a prescription drug will give doctors more alternatives for alleviating the pain and suffering of their patients.

I urge my colleagues to support the Medical Use of Marijuana Act.

This bill is a step in the right direction: it saves money and improves the quality of care provided to seniors and the disabled.

Not only will this legislation save Medicare money, it will save the lives of many of its beneficiaries.

Like Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average, it is human nature for all Members of Congress to want their local hospitals to be above average.

if someone offers you a sweetheart deal that is too good to be true, it either isn't true, or it is cutting a legal corner.

the incentive for gross over-utilization of services in these kinds of deals is enormous.

I am honored to co-sponsor the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.