Political Quotes

“there must be certain provisions included in patients rights legislation in order to ensure true protections. For all health plans, there should be an outside review appeals mechanism. Patients should have the right to appeal adverse coverage decisions made by their health plans. Women should be able to choose their OBGYNs as their primary care physician, and chronically ill patients should not have to get referral from a primary care physician every time they need to see the specialist who treats their chronic illness. States should be able to protect consumers from breaches to consumer privacy. The Ganske-Dingell substitute provides these vital protections and more. Although I have concerns about a provision in the bill which deals with the certification of class action law suits, I feel that the true protections the Ganske-Dingell substitute would provide are of greater benefit to health care consumers, our constituents, than my concerns could justify opposing the substitute. I am hopeful that the authors of this legislation would consider working to address these concerns in conference, but with the assurance of the patient protections guaranteed in the Ganske-Dingell substitute I am pleased to support its passage.”