Political Quotes

“The $500 a day is to ensure prompt payment. The bill ensures treatment. That is the whole point of this bill. If one has a medically urgent situation, one can go to court within minutes of being said no to and get a temporary restraining order ordering the treatment to be given. Also, the physician and hospital can provide one the treatment and subrogate to one's interest and have an external review of the HMO decision within 6 days. That is when the $500 per day kicks in, to get them to pay. During the initial waiting period, one is getting the treatment. That is the point. The $500 a day is to ensure payment. Under our bill, one gets treatment from day one, from minute one, because one has avenues to compel them to treat them. But what about the $500 claim? As a lawyer, one comes in to my office with a $500 claim, no matter how meritorious it is, I am going to say that is very nice, but I have got to make a living and feed my family. I cannot chase $500.”