On the recordJune 25, 2001
I do not think our system is complicated. I think we are moving a piece of legislation that is going to complicate it. Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid, it has grown more complicated all the time. If one thinks HMOs are hard to deal with, I am wondering if anybody has had the opportunity to deal with HCFA lately. Just try to get some things done for an elderly mother or father. I do not see anything in the three proposals right now that deals with the real and perceived problems with private insurance plans or HMOs. We have advertising that is on every radio station in this town. They have lots of facts, some of which are a little misleading. Patients' rights are assured to those who are covered by HMOs and insurance plans now, but it seems to me where the dispute begins is either the insured did not understand what he or she was buying or what the specific coverages were to which they thought they are entitled.
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