Rep. Corrine Brown: “during last year's campaign, a patients' bill of rights was the top priority of the American public. But just like the…”

“during last year's campaign, a patients' bill of rights was the top priority of the American public. But just like the Presidential election, the American people are not getting what they voted for. The President and the leadership of this House is pushing amendments that are a complete sham on the American people. Instead of a patients' bill of rights, they are pushing an HMO bill of rights. The Republican amendments side with special interests over patients, provide special protections for the HMOs, and roll back patient protections. In last year's election, the Green Party candidate claimed that there was not a dime's difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. I can guarantee Mr. Nader and the rest of the American public if we had a fair election, we would really be debating a patients' bill of rights and also a prescription benefit for our seniors. The American people deserve quality health care. I ask my colleagues to do the right thing for their constituents, not the big insurance companies. Vote for a real Patients' Bill of Rights. Put the doctors back in charge of medical care, with insurance company accountability, that sometimes kills and harms patients.”