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John Conyers: “As currently drafted, this bill guts HMO reform laws that States have already passed because it creates broad new caps…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2002
As currently drafted, this bill guts HMO reform laws that States have already passed because it creates broad new caps on damages when HMOs deny coverage to patients, and so what we do is to add a safe harbor provision to specify that these State patient's bills of rights laws are not preempted by this bill. Nothing more. It goes without saying that these limits are far less friendly to consumers injured by HMOs than the patient protection laws already enacted by the States, and I would love to refer to the former Governor of Texas George W. Bush, who had a similar view in mind. They enacted an HMO law in Texas, and that law, still on the books, has a higher cap on punitive damages than this bill and no caps on noneconomic damages for suits against HMOs.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Discussing the implications of a bill on HMO reform laws during a House floor debate.

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