Spencer Cox: “The physicians who support this bill do so for one reason, they wish to negotiate with HMOs and other managed care…”

“The physicians who support this bill do so for one reason, they wish to negotiate with HMOs and other managed care organizations in order to improve the quality of the patient care. They do not seek this legislation in order to force other doctors into a labor union if those doctors do not wish to join one. America's physicians deserve the fundamental right to choose whether to join a union or not, whether to belong to a union and whether to pay dues to it. This amendment states clearly that even as they are gaining the right to collectively bargain, America's doctors will also be protected in their right to join a labor organization or to choose not to. It is necessary, because this bill states that doctors will henceforth be treated as, this is the language of the bill, quote, bargaining units, which are recognized under the National Labor Relations Act in connection with such collective bargaining, but the National Labor Relations Act says that workers can be compelled to join a union as a condition of employment.”