Steve Rothman: “American families are being denied proper health care. They are being denied the right to see specialists, the right to…”

“American families are being denied proper health care. They are being denied the right to see specialists, the right to go to the emergency room, and they have to battle just to get reimbursements for legitimate medical procedures. The problem is that managed care for health insurance companies has become more about managing the profits for these health insurance companies than about managing the quality of health care for America's families. We can no longer afford to have health insurance company clerks making health care decisions for our loved ones. That is the job of our doctors and our nurses. There is a bipartisan bill put forth by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood), a Republican, that would make health care insurance companies accountable. I am a cosponsor of that bill, as are 223 of my colleagues. Madam Speaker, it is time we bring the Norwood bill to the floor so that we can give the American people what they deserve: a health care system accountable to them. Health care insurance companies must be made accountable when they wrongly deny coverage and reimbursements to patients.”