[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5502-H5503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, you ask the question, what do 
the American people want? Well, they want a real Patient's Bill of 
Rights, not the whiplash health care bill that Speaker Gingrich and the 
Republicans want us to buy in. Whiplash? It comes real sharp, and when 
you get through, it hurts badly.
  Our Patient's Bill of Rights guarantees a patient's right to see a 
specialist when they need to. It emphasizes the patient's and the 
doctor's rights and relationships. It guarantees that our

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vulnerable patients will be able to choose their own doctors.
  Yes, it bans the little parrots that are given to our doctors who 
say, ``Don't give them any care to them; see them only for 10 
minutes.''
  Do you know what the Republicans do? They do not allow you to choose 
your own doctor. They send women out of the hospital before 48 hours 
after they have had a mastectomy; and, yes, they keep asking you to pay 
for those high, high prescription drugs.
  Americans want a real Patient's Bill of Rights, not the whiplash that 
comes quickly and hurts long. Support the Democratic Patient's Bill of 
Rights and get real health care reform, real managed care reform for 
America.

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