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Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Chairman, patients need more than a bill of rights, they need a declaration of independence. Millions of American…”

On the recordAugust 2, 2001
Mr. Chairman, patients need more than a bill of rights, they need a declaration of independence. Millions of American families today find themselves trapped in HMOs that they did not choose and they do not like. This amendment offers them a get-out-of-jail-free card. It offers them hope, gives them options that help them find peace of mind and more control over their health care treatments. It begins to address the basic unfairness in the Tax Code that created the HMO trap in the first place. There are too many people in this debate, Mr. Chairman, I believe, who have nothing to say except patients should have a right to sue their HMO. But I submit that, before that, they should have a right to fire their HMO. Mr. Chairman, this is America. We should have the freedom to take our business wherever we choose.
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Richard K. Armey
Texas
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Discussing the need for patient freedom and options in health care during a debate on medical savings accounts.

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