Pete Domenici: “Frankly, what was being said in this Chamber--not as well as the Senator from Tennessee says it and not with as much…”

“Frankly, what was being said in this Chamber--not as well as the Senator from Tennessee says it and not with as much knowledge--but what was being said was everyone would benefit if we went to the HMOs. The patients will get better care. Prevention has a better chance of inserting itself into the system than the traditional way. We have now--and not because we are great thinkers and because America plans things very well, but we have moved in the direction of PPOs that is professional units--and HMOs, which are privately managed delivery groups, they are no longer a surprise to the doctors. Some still sit home, like in my State, and wonder what is happening to the world. It is passing them by and it is no good. The truth is, millions are trying managed care and hundreds of thousands of doctors are practicing that way.”