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...Democrats? plan, sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy, John Edwards and Republican John McCain, would allow mistreated, misdiagnosed or neglected patients to sue their health plans in both state and federal court, because, the sponsors argue, patients should be able to skirt the long waiting times and bureaucracy plaguing the federal judicial system. The bill also allows wronged patients to receive unlimited punitive damages in state court (unless state law dictates otherwise) and awards in federal court of up to $5 million...
...Again, our bill has unlimited economic damages. We believe that if an individual is harmed by an HMO, they should have the right to sue for lost wages, future medical costs and other reimbursements...
...patients more clout with their health maintenance organizations. The stakes are high for both sides, which have important constituencies to satisfy. Republicans don't want to upset big business and HMOs by raising healthcare prices while Democrats want their friends, the trial lawyers, to have the right tools to sue over bad care. With the Senate now under Democratic control, this is the first test for Majority Leader Tom Daschle to press an issue that's been a winning one for his party, and for Bush to play defense...
...result that happens to be wildly popular, with as many as 79% of Republican voters telling pollsters they support a patient's bill of rights. The HMO lobby disputes that figure but most Republicans see a bigger reality. "You can never win an argument that people can't sue," says a GOP aide. "It's un-American. We need to get a deal and move on." After a week in foreign lands, that's a language Bush can understand...
...state or federal court. If you?re a multinational company and you?re trying to keep track of every state law, it?s too complicated. You want a sweeping federal statute that covers every patient in every state. Democrats, on the other hand, want to allow patients to sue their HMOs in state and federal court - a provision believed to bolster patients? rights...