Jon L. Christensen: “this doctor stands with America's doctors and our patients in support of H.R. 2563. The base bill is not about suing, it…”

“this doctor stands with America's doctors and our patients in support of H.R. 2563. The base bill is not about suing, it is about making sure that insurance companies and HMOs are held accountable when they prevent a patient from getting the care they need. We must reject the killer amendments which would shield the HMOs from the same accountability that every doctor and hospital as well as every other business is liable for, for our protection. And the HMOs must be laughing at the $1.5 million cap that is proposed. With their profits, that figure is so small it will be no incentive for them to change at all. We have fought for more than 5 years for a bill that will protect patients. We have one, and we must not pass a last-minute dead-of-night deal to help the President avoid the decision of signing or vetoing, if that is his choice, legislation which the American people overwhelmingly support. Our constituents have been waiting too long for relief from profit-driven medical decisions that put them and their loved ones at risk. Let us vote down all amendments and give America a real Patient Protection Act, H.R. 2563.”