[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          IT IS NOT MANAGED CARE ANY MORE, IT IS MANAGED COSTS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, America's the land of the free, but one 
cannot choose one's doctor. Freedom of speech; but doctors are gagged. 
Judicial review; HMOs are judge and jury.
  Madam Speaker, health care in America has gone from the Constitution 
to HMOs. Beam me up. It is not managed care any more; it is managed 
costs. It is time for Congress to vote on behalf of the American people 
and pass the Patients' Bill of Rights, stone cold simple remedy today.
  I yield back more medicine than ever in America and less health care.

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