Rob Andrews: “There is a serious disagreement about the underlying bill and whether or not it poses the right solution to the…”

“There is a serious disagreement about the underlying bill and whether or not it poses the right solution to the malpractice crisis. Aside from that, there should be no dispute over what this bill should and should not do with respect to State laws that many of our States have passed to protect patients against abuses by the managed care industry. This bill should have no effect on those underlying State laws. If this motion to recommit is not adopted, I believe the best analysis is that this bill would have the effect of repealing or substantially neutralizing and weakening those State law protections. The purpose of the motion to recommit is to make it explicit in the statute that this bill, if enacted into law, would not preempt State patient protections laws.”