Byron Dorgan: “The discussion by those on the other side who have offered this amendment talks about lawyers in a pejorative way on…”

“The discussion by those on the other side who have offered this amendment talks about lawyers in a pejorative way on behalf of patients. Does the Senator know of any attempts by those who have offered this amendment to limit HMOs, managed care organizations, from using lawyers, or is this just saying we will limit patients from using an attorney to go after a managed care organization that did not provide the care they promised, but we will not limit managed care organizations from using attorneys to do whatever they want to do?”