They've lost their ability to choose their health care professionals, and the heart of that is they're being denied care. |
We have 226 PARCA co-sponsors, from the most liberal to the most conservative members of Congress, and it's divided between Democrats and Republicans. |
We have five chairmen on our bill from the Republican conference, and that's very important. We're where we been trying to get to for three years, and that is to say to the leadership: "Listen, let's discuss this and let's come out with a bill this year that protects patients in reference to managed care." That's right where we are. |
We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know. |
We wanted to make sure people can choose their own doctor, ... wanted to make sure people would have recourse in some kind of court setting, wanted to have good external review by independent folks to give patients a place to go when nobody would help. |
We're not trying to take everything in the state, but we would like the 12th back, |
What we're really trying to do is level out the health care system. It has gotten so one-sided as more and more people have been put into managed care; in fact, about 70 percent of the patients in the country. |
When they hear from you, it counts. That's how we're going to win. |
You've had some terrific print information that gets everybody's attention in this town. |