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Competing health
care bills in Senate
committee
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Release Date:
03/19/99
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Two health care reform bills
are competing for support in the Senate's
Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee.
The Patients Bill Rights Act (S. 326),
introduced by Sen. Jim Jeffords, R-Vt. is
expected to win the panel's approval. S. 326 is
not to be confused with the Patients Bill of
Rights (S. 6), introduced by Sen. Tom Daschle,
D-S.D.
Jeffords' bill would give patients
the right to take grievances over coverage to an
independent panel outside the insurance company.
The bill mandates some health care coverage, but
also limits the ability of a patient to
sue.
Daschle's bill would introduce many
more mandated health care coverage and give
patients the right to sue their plans, expanding
employer liability.
Small business
owners support market-based health care reforms
as part of NFIB's Small Business Growth Agenda
for the 106th Congress, a list of the solutions
to common problems preventing the health and
growth of Main Street businesses. Click on the
link below to read about what health care
reforms are supported by small
business.
3.19.1999
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