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Greg Ganske: That is a good point. Now, what we are talking about then is for a group of physicians, for instance, that have seen…

On the recordMay 24, 2000
That is a good point. Now, what we are talking about then is for a group of physicians, for instance, that have seen abuses by that HMO to be able to get together, possibly to hire somebody to negotiate for them to go to that HMO and correct some of the abuses that they are seeing, and, say, look, as a group now, they have more equality in terms of this bargaining position. We want you to treat patients more fairly when, for instance, they go to the emergency room.
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Greg Ganske
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the need for physicians to negotiate with HMOs to address patient treatment issues.

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