On the recordFebruary 23, 1999
I commend her for it, distinguishing between the for-profit versus the not-for-profit HMOs. In our State, some of the pioneers of health maintenance organizations were not-for-profit organizations, voluntary cooperatives that have in fact voluntarily adopted many of the standards we are fighting to enact now through law, but they saw the need to do the right thing, to voluntarily allow patients to choose their providers, to create an appeal structure, and they have done the right thing. So I really think we need to emphasize that distinction between the for-profit and the not-for-profit. The other thing I want to compliment you on is the observation of the toll this system takes on health care providers. The gentleman you spoke about, have you talked to any others who raised these kinds of issues, other providers who said the stress of the HMO, dealing with those is burning them out, so to speak?
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