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Nancy L. Johnson: I want to ask just one question to the gentleman, as a physician. Is it not true that under our emergency services…

On the recordJuly 23, 2001
I want to ask just one question to the gentleman, as a physician. Is it not true that under our emergency services section, where we guarantee people the right, if one's pain is severe enough that any prudent layperson would think someone needed to go to the emergency room, they can go to the emergency room and get care under our bill and under the other bill? But there is a unique aspect to our bill. That has to do with very, very young infants, where of course 'the prudent layperson' rule is a little hard to apply. So we do take a different tack in that portion of the bill. If the gentleman would just talk about that, I think it would help people understand how thoughtful our legislation is.
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Nancy L. Johnson
Connecticut

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Discussing the emergency services section of a healthcare bill.

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