Political Quotes

“This particular provision was intended for those insurers, self-insured and self-administered plans, that obviously do not have a designated decisionmaker. I should further emphasize, all employers are treated equally when it comes to the idea that they participate in medical decisions on behalf of their employees. They are all treated the same. This particular area of the legislation is with respect to contractual decisions. We are attempting to craft out for self-administered, self-insured plans, and that includes union health plans that conform to that particular organization, that they would not be subjected to litigation that other employers would not be subjected to because they had designated decisionmakers. We know self-insured, self-administered plans do not have designated decisionmakers. So we did not want to expose them to that kind of litigation in this particular section that delineates the causes of action. We were trying to treat all of the employers equally.”