Debbie Dingell: “If you want to provide protection for the doctor-patient relationship, vote for the motion to recommit, because the…”

“If you want to provide protection for the doctor-patient relationship, vote for the motion to recommit, because the motion to recommit assures that it will be medical necessity decided by the doctor that determines the course of treatment of a patient of an HMO, not some curious, insurance-oriented approach which would be decided by the Republican plan. One of my friends who is one of the outstanding physicians and surgeons in the 16th District called me to tell me about something that happened to him recently. He was made an examiner of medical claims. He was fired by the HMO. The reason was that he was making medical decisions, not insurance decisions. That is exactly the issue which is before us. If you want the doctor to decide what you and your family and your constituents are going to receive in the way of medical care, vote for the motion to recommit. If you want to have an unelected, unaccountable health care bureaucrat appointed by a health insurance company or an HMO, then vote against it.”