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Joe Cunningham: “I do not feel that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the answer in their Patients' Bill of Rights was to…”

On the recordMay 5, 1999
I do not feel that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the answer in their Patients' Bill of Rights was to have unlimited lawsuits, which in my opinion would drive up the cost of health care and destroy our HMOs, versus what you are planning to do is to make changes, to make sure that people have access and adequate care. Is that correct?
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing the implications of the Patients' Bill of Rights during a debate on health care.

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