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Michael Burgess: “Last night in the Rules Committee I introduced an amendment that would have required States to reimburse physicians at…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
Last night in the Rules Committee I introduced an amendment that would have required States to reimburse physicians at 90 percent of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield rate or the largest State HMO rate in that State or the insurance that the State provides for their own employees. That amendment was not even allowed a vote on the floor. This is the type of exclusionary politics that is being practiced in the House of Representatives, and the sooner we get past this point, the President asked for a more open and bipartisan government, the sooner we get past that point, the better for the American people.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas
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Discussing an amendment related to physician reimbursement during a Rules Committee meeting.

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