On the recordJune 22, 2001
Please state what your amendment does. Clearly, you can sue your employer. The McCain-Edwards-Kennedy bill says you can sue the employer. How do you fix this? We clearly have to fix it. The trial lawyer makes 40 cents on the dollar and, in a $1 million suit, that puts $400,000 in their pocket. Only 33 percent goes to the patient and the rest to the lawyer and the system. Clearly, the lawyer has incentive to sue. You can sue the HMO, the doctor, the hospital, the plan administrator, and the employer. They tried to take care of the doctor and the hospital. You can sue the HMO. How do you fix this? Clearly, the lawyer will go for the employer. How will it be fixed by your amendment?
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