Political Quotes

“hidden in today's Washington Post is an article that Speaker Gingrich sent the Republican Health Care Reform Task Force of the Republican Conference back to the drawing board. It is another attempt of the Republicans to destroy-by-delay health care improvements which are needed by the American people. We should not forget that our first priority is to help the patient. We owe it to the American people to provide top quality medical care. We need an anti-gag rule where physicians can talk to their patients. We need an appeals process, both internal and external, for the patients' benefits. We need to give employees the choice, other than going to the HMO that somebody else chooses for them. We need to make decisionmakers responsible. If a doctor is responsible for one's health care, then somebody who tells that doctor no should also be responsible. This decision stops a bipartisan effort to provide health care reform, and I hope that the American people think it is such a shame, just like I do. We need managed care reform now, Mr. Speaker.”