[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          MANAGED CARE REFORM

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, some of us think the problem is that too 
many people across America are being buried, buried unnecessarily 
because they have been managed out of their managed health care.
  We gather here today to sign a petition to discharge from a 
Republican committee stranglehold a bill of rights for health care 
consumers. We gather to discharge this vital legislation because the 
Republican leadership has failed to discharge its responsibilities to 
the American people.
  For too many folks, managed health care just means being managed out 
of the care that they need. Under our bill, physicians will be able to 
provide the best quality health care available rather than having some 
clerk be rewarded for denying care with a bonus.
  The Republican leadership has served the insurance industry very well 
in blocking this bill. We believe it is time to discharge it for floor 
action, time to serve America's health care consumers, not the 
insurance lobby and the HMOs that are denying Americans the quality of 
care and the rights that they deserve.

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