Political Quotes

“I rise today to advocate better healthcare for Americans and to introduce legislation strengthening the scientific foundation of healthcare quality improvement efforts. Let me make a few introductory comments before summarizing the ``Healthcare Quality Enhancement Act of 1998.'' First, I want to make it clear: all patients deserve better healthcare quality, not just HMO enrollees as recent discussions have most frequently focused on regarding consumer protections. All Americans deserve better healthcare. We need healthcare quality improvement that reaches everybody through better healthcare plans, tertiary care centers, fee-for-service solo practices, and all other kinds of patient care. We should not wait for another movie like the one titled ``As Good as It Gets'' to talk about healthcare quality for 70% percent of employees and 86% of Medicare beneficiaries who are not traditional-HMO enrollees. Quality of care fundamentally rests on the achievements of biomedical research. We all know that sound science is the best way to improve quality in patient care.”