| For Immediate Release September 23, 1999 |
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NORWOOD-DINGELL
National Partnership for Women &
Families
Congress has an important choice to make: Give patients the protections they need or let the insurance industry have the loopholes and exemptions they want. Only one bill protects patients and not profits -- the bipartisan Norwood-Dingell bill.
Nearly 300 organizations representing millions of Americans support this bill. Patients. Doctors. Nurses. Working people. People of faith. People with disabilities. All have endorsed it. The President has, too.
For women and families, the choice is clear. Only the Norwood-Dingell bill will get the job done. It has strong protections, real accountability. It’s the right medicine for what ails us.
With cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, the Norwood-Dingell bill will pass the House. But the opposition will stop at nothing to gut it or load it up with "poison pills." To the House leadership we say: Don’t sabotage patients’ rights. Don’t play games with America’s health.
The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
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