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James Traficant: “While hospitals across America are cutting services for mom and dad, the same hospitals are building luxury suites for…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1996
While hospitals across America are cutting services for mom and dad, the same hospitals are building luxury suites for the fat cats that make the Ritz Carlton look like Motel 6. A VIP can now get monogrammed bathrobes, satin sheets, antique furniture, a wet bar. And if that is not enough to inflame our hemorrhoids, VIP's can enjoy a spot of tea served by a waiter in a tuxedo carrying around silver trays of strawberries and truffles. Unbelievable. While VIP's get gourmet food, mom and dad get line itemed, line itemed for toilet paper and aspirin. Beam me up. Mr. Speaker, the truth is the CEO's of these HMO's keep lining their pockets with cash. I say they should be handcuffed to a chain link fence and flogged. Then sent to jail. Think about it. I yield back the balance of those line itemed toilet paper bills.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Criticizing the disparity in hospital services for wealthy patients versus average citizens.

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