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House-Senate News Conference on Managed Care Reform | |
| Washington, DC — I am very excited about today. For the
first time, the Senate will get to vote on a bipartisan bill that covers
all Americans, lets doctors make medical decisions, and holds insurers
accountable if they make a decision that harms or kills a
patient.
If the underachieving conference committee has accomplished anything, it is that they have shown that the bill that passed the Senate last year was a complete failure on these counts. Today is a wonderful opportunity for Senators to make up for the vote they took last year by voting for a strong bipartisan bill that will actually help patients. It is also a wonderful opportunity for both the House and Senate to bring this issue to a close – today. When both bodies have passed essentially the same bill, the conference debate is over, and this whole managed care reform issue can be completed this summer. I hope and pray my Republican friends in the Senate will use this vote
to do just that, and allow both Houses to move on to other pressing
matters. Thank you. | |
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