John Cornyn: “That is very important because the medical liability crisis in this country does not only hurt doctors and hospitals…”

“That is very important because the medical liability crisis in this country does not only hurt doctors and hospitals, but it hurts patients who are denied access to health care. One of the issues we have to deal with--I know the leader has brought it up several times, and we have been unable to get 60 votes to get an up-or-down vote on the merits of the legislation--is medical liability reform. Whether it is increasing access to specialty care, increasing the number of federally qualified community health clinics, increasing access to prescription drugs by extending the Federal 340B Program, or creating an exemption so religiously sponsored health systems can create community health systems, integrated health systems, we have to do something about this crisis in this country. It is a crisis of access, not only of insurance. But I think we are well on our way to a good start.”