On the recordJuly 24, 1998
As a physician who still practices medicine, I rise in strong support of this rule. I have worked in managed-care settings and I have worked in fee-for-service settings. The important issue here is can we, in Washington, pass legislation that will help restore the doctor-patient relationship and, importantly, help restore quality health care within managed-care networks? Now, my good friends on the Democrat side of the aisle have their bill; we have our bill. We are going to have a very interesting debate here this morning. I think the important issue, which speaks of how much better our Republican bill is, is the fact our bill is the bill that is not going to drive up costs, where the Democrat bill will; and, importantly, our bill is going to enable people who are uninsured to have access to health care and help them to more easily afford health care. I would encourage all my colleagues to support this rule.
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