Word: hmos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senator Edwards:When you stack up the two bills side by side, the McCain-Edwards-Kennedy bill favors patients and doctors and the Frist-Breaux bill is tilted toward the HMOs. The most important thing is that our bill gives patients and doctors the right to get a second opinion if an HMO or insurance company denies coverage for care that a doctor orders...
...bill provides for a quick, independent review. Their bill has what they call a review process, but it lets HMOs and insurance companies control who does the review. That's like letting them pick the judge and jury. Our bill also covers more Americans and ensures better care for patients. It also gives patients a way to enforce their rights through strong HMO accountability. We have a bill of rights; they have a bill of suggestions...
...million ceiling on damages designed to send a message to HMOs? Or do you expect it to be tested in real-life cases...
...want to treat HMOs the same way everybody else is treated in this country. Right now, they are about the only business in America to have special status. They want to keep their privileged status. We should be able to hold HMOs accountable, the same way we treat doctors and nurses and others, in order to help patients get the health care they deserve. Strong accountability will deter HMO abuse and make sure that all patients get high quality care...
...reach a compromise education bill. But when Sen. John Edwards introduced his patients' rights measure last February with Kennedy and Sen. John McCain, Bush couldn't seem to return the phone calls. He wanted no part of their bill's provisions that allow aggrieved patients to tie up HMOs in state courts and win up to $5 million in jury awards. Bush also wasn't eager to strike any deal that would burnish McCain, his bitter rival in the Republican presidential primaries...