Greg Ganske: “we are about 1 week from having at least 1 day of debate here on the floor of the House of Representatives on managed…”

“we are about 1 week from having at least 1 day of debate here on the floor of the House of Representatives on managed care reform and, hopefully, we will pass the bipartisan consensus patient protection bill of 1999. There has been a lot of talk about what is in this bill, so I want to go over some of the specifics. And then I want to focus a little bit about some of the miscommunication that has been put out about the bill in regards to its liability section, since I was largely responsible for writing the liability section in a previous bill. First of all, the bipartisan consensus patient protection bill of 1999 deals with access to care. I think the opponents to this legislation want to focus on one issue, and that is the liability provisions. But there is a lot in this bill. This is a comprehensive bill that is important to the people of this country, and it is part of the reason why over 300 organizations, patient advocacy groups, consumer groups, provider groups, have endorsed this bill.”