Organizational Statements, Managed Care Reform / Patients' Bill of Rights

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• Access to Specialty Care Coalition
• Advocates for Practitioner Equity
• Aetna, Inc.
• AFL-CIO
• American Association of Health Plans
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Nurse Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Associated General Contractors of American
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association
• Business Roundtable
• Cancer Leadership Council
• Coalition for Health Care Choice and Accountability
• Communications Workers of America
• Consumers' Union
• Daimler-Chrysler Corporation
• Families USA
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors
• Health Benefits Council
• Health Insurance Association of America
• Health Leadership Council
• National Association of Manufacturers
• National Federation of Independant Business
• National Health Council
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• Patient Access Coalition
• Patient Access for Responsible Care Alliance
  • American Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
  • American Chiropractic Association
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives
  • American Dental Association
  • American Federation of Home Health Agencies
  • American Occupational Therapy Association
  • American Optometric Association
  • American Physical Therapy Association
  • American Podiatric Medical Association
  • American Psychological Association
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association
  • National Community Pharmacists Association
• Patient Activist Coalition
• Patients Rights' Coalition
• Teamsters Union
• United Auto Workers
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  

Internal Archive for the Access to Specialty Care Coalition, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for Advocates for Practitioner Equity, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Cancer Society, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Patients Bill of Rights Must Be Passed (http://www2.cancer.org/media/index.cfm?article_id=34&sec=8)
• Norwood-Dingell Managed Care Reform Package is the Right Bill for Cancer Patients (http://www2.cancer.org/media/index.cfm?article_id=14&sec=8)
• Access to Clinical Trials in Managed Care Reform Legislation Wins Bipartisan Legislation (http://www2.cancer.org/zine/index.cfm?fn=001_10051999_0)
• Managed Care Reform Passed by US House of Representatives (http://www2.cancer.org/zine/index.cfm?fn=001_10081999_0)

Internal Archive for the American Society of Clinical Oncology, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• ASCO Calls for Real "Patients Bill of Rights" (http://www.asco.org/people/nr/html/m_499patbillpr.htm)
• Cancer Community Rallies behind Key Provisions of Patients Bill of Rights at Hill Briefing (http://www.asco.org/people/nr/html/genpr/m_0300billofrightspr.htm)
• Policy Watch: March 2000 (http://www.asco.org/prof/ps/html/m_pw_032000.htm)
• ASCO Praises Patient Protection Bill Passed by House (http://www.asco.org/people/nr/html/genpr/m_1099patprotectpr.htm)
• Policy Watch: September 99 (http://www.asco.org/prof/ps/html/m_pw_0899.htm)

Internal Archive for the Cancer Leadership Council, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Coalition for Health Care Choice and Accountability, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Heart Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• American Heart Association Urges Congress to Pass Patient's Bill of Rights (http://www.americanheart.org/Support/Advocacy/patient-bills.html)

Internal Archive for the the National Health Council, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Memo re: Breakfast Briefing with HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, 5/14/00 (http://www.nationalhealthcouncil.org/programs/shalala_summary.htm)

Internal Archive for the the Patient Access Coalition, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Cyber-Lobbyists Blitz Congress, 10/6/99 (http://home.patientaccess.com/pac/CyberLobbyists.html)
• Americans to Congress: Enact a Patients' Bill of Rights This Year (http://home.patientaccess.com/pac/pr_may25_2000.html)
• Patient Advocacy Group to Launch Targeted Ad Campaign on Patient's Bill of Rights (http://home.patientaccess.com/pac/pr_sept13_2000.html)
• Cyber-Lobbyists Blitz Congress with E-mail Demanding a "Real Patients' Bill of Rights" (http://home.patientaccess.com/pac/mobilizeGrRoots.html)
• Grassroots Email Campaign Calls on Congress to "Pass a Real Patients' Bill of Rights Bill" (http://home.patientaccess.com/pac/GrassRoots.html)

Internal Archive for the the Patient Access for Responsible Care Alliance, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Chiropractic Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Arguments in Favor of Patient Access and Health Care Competition Language (http://www.amerchiro.org/government/arguments_language.html)
• Issue Briefs: Legislation to Ensure Patients Access to Responsible Care in Managed Care Plans (http://www.amerchiro.org/government/patient_access.html)
• Legislative Update: ACA Activities Regarding Medicare and Managed Care Reform (http://www.amerchiro.org/government/062499.html)
• Americans Deserve the Right to Choose Their Own Health Care Providers (http://www.amerchiro.org/government/right_to_choose.html)

Internal Archive for the American Psychological Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Reaching Compromise on HMO Legal Accountability (http://www.apa.org/practice/hmocompromise.html)
• Enact Patient Protections in Health Insurance Reform (http://www.apa.org/practice/reform2000.html)

Internal Archive for the American Federation of Home Health Agencies, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Dental Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• Protecting Patient's Rights, 9/7/00 (http://www.ada.org/prof/govt/dentistryworks/letters/000907do.html)
• Health Care Groups Tell Congress: Pass Patients Rights Legislation (http://www.ada.org/prof/pubs/daily/0009/0914top.html)

Internal Archive for the American Optometric Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Podiatric Medical Association, downloaded on 7/5/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons, downloaded on 7/6/01:

• Members of Congress Who Voted in Favor of the Norwood-Dingell Bill (http://www.aaoms.org/newebsite/voteThanks.htm)
• Dr. Booth's Letter of Thanks to Representatives Norwood and Dingell (http://www.aaoms.org/newebsite/letters.htm)

Internal Archive for the American Speech Language Hearing Association, downloaded on 7/6/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Occupational Therapy Association, downloaded on 7/6/01:

• AOTA Cheers House Action on HMO Patient's Rights (http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1/links/link43.asp)

Internal Archive for the American Physical Therapy Association, downloaded on 7/6/01:

• APTA Applauds Passage of Norwood-Dingell Bipartisan Patient Protections Bill (https://www.apta.org/Advocacy/national/CurrentIssues/PatientProtect_MgdCare/National6)
• Patient Protections in Managed Care (https://www.apta.org/Advocacy/national/CurrentIssues/PatientProtect_MgdCare/PatientProtection_PP)

Internal Archive for the American College of Emergency Physicians, downloaded on 7/6/01:

• ACEP Encouraged by Efforts to Protect Patient's Right to Emergency Care (http://www.acep.org/2,44,0.html)
• ACEP Opposes House Managed Care Bill and Calls on Congress to Enact a Prudent Layperson Standard Consistent with the Balanced Budget Act (http://www.acep.org/2,46,0.html)
• Senate Fails to Pass Graham/Chaffee Amendment (http://www.acep.org/2,47,0.html)
• Senate Managed Care Legislation Falls Short of Protecting Patients' in Emergency Care Situations (http://www.acep.org/2,48,0.html)
• ACEP Calls on the House to Pass Patient Protection Legislation (http://www.acep.org/2,50,0.html)
• ACEP Applauds Passage of Emergency Care Patient Protection Legislation in the House (http://www.acep.org/2,55,0.html)
• ACEP Applauds Presidents' Call for a Bill of Rights for Patients in his State of the Union Address (http://www.acep.org/2,1095,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 4/28/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1252,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 5/19/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1313,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 5/26/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1334,0.html)
• ACEP Calls on Senate to Pass Patients' Rights Bill (http://www.acep.org/2,1370,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 6/9/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1399,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 6/16/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1404,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 6/23/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1615,0.html)
• ACEP Hails House Passage of Campbell Antitrust Bill; Warns that Senate Patient Protections Bill Contains Flawed Emergency Care Language (http://www.acep.org/2,1964,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 6/30/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1968,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 7/7/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,1973,0.html)
• ACEP Issues Statement in Response to the Announcement by the Coalition for Quality Affordable Healthcare (http://www.acep.org/2,2058,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 7/21/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2063,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 7/28/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2088,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 9/8/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2144,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 9/15/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2176,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 9/22/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2182,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 9/29/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2198,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 10/13/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2260,0.html)
• Weekly Update, 10/13/00 (http://www.acep.org/2,2260,0.html)
• 106th Congress Wrap-up (http://www.acep.org/library/index.cfm/id/2461.pdf)
• ACEP Responds to Criticism by Senators of Emergency Care Provisions in the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.acep.org/2,2759,0.html)

Internal Archive for the Healthcare Leadership Council, downloaded on 7/9/01:

• Patient Protections Should Improve Lives, Not Create Red Tape (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Press_Releases/1999_Press_Releases/January_8__1999PR/january_8__1999pr.html)
• N.Y. Times: Does Managed Care Deny Too Little? (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Health_Care_News_and_Informati/1999HI/March_5__1999HI/march_5__1999hi.html)
• Senate Praised for "Common Sense" Action on Liability, Medical Necessity in Patient's Rights Debate (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Press_Releases/1999_Press_Releases/July_15_1999PR/july_15_1999pr.html)
• Senate Passes Common-Sense Patients' Rights Bill (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Health_Care_News_and_Informati/1999HI/July_16__1999HI/july_16__1999hi.html)
• Liability Expansion Wrong Way to Go (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Health_Care_News_and_Informati/1999HI/September_17__1999HI/september_17__1999hi.html)
• New Data on Rise of Nation's Uninsured Should Put Dingell/Norwood Bill on the Shelf (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Press_Releases/1999_Press_Releases/October_4__1999PR/october_4__1999pr.html)
• Liability Expansion Not the Answer (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Health_Care_News_and_Informati/2000HI/January_7__2000HI/january_7__2000hi.html)
• Statement of the Healthcare Leadership Council on the Convening of the Conference Committee on Managed Care Reform Legislation (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Press_Releases/2000_Press_Releases/Managed_Care_Reform/managed_care_reform.html)
• Health Care Mandates (http://www.hlc.org/Making_News/Media_Resources/Media_Guide/Health_Care_Mandates/health_care_mandates.html)

Internal Archive for the Health Benefits Council, downloaded on 7/9/01:

• Today's Health Care Checkup-9/10/99 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact91099a.htm)
• Kaiser Survey Misreads Employers' Opposition to the Expanded Right to Sue (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc102899.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-1/5/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact1400.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-1/11/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact11100.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-1/18/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact11800.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-1/20/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact11400.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-2/8/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact2800.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-5/4/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact5400.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-5/25/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact52500.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-6/7/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact6700.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-6/26/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact62600.htm)
• Letter to Congress Regarding the AMA's Letter (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc062900.htm)
• Employers Launch Renewed Advertising Campaign (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc063000.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-7/10/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact71000.htm)
• Statement by the Health Benefits Coalition on Vice-President Gore's Call for a "Real" Patient's Bill of Rights (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc071100.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-7/18/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact71800.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-7/20/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact72000.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-7/28/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact72800.htm)
• New Employer Ads Thank Senators for Supporting Real Health Care Reforms while Opposing Payoffs for Trial Lawyers (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc081700.htm)
• Employers Expand Patients Rights Advertising Campaign (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc082200.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-8/23/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact82399.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-8/31/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact83199.htm)
• The Dingell-Norwood Patients' Bill of Rights-A Bad Bill That Got Even Worse (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc091400.htm)
• New Dingell-Norwood Bill Exposes Employers to Even Broader Liability (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc091800.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-9/21/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact092100.htm)
• Employers Commit $1 Million to Protect the Health Insurance of 1.3 Million Americans (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc092100.htm)
• Employees Warn of the Consequences Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy Bill Would Have on their Health Benefits (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc092600.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-9/27/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact092700.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-10/2/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact100200.htm)
• Even Joe Lieberman Think Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy Goes Too Far (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc101000.htm)
• Today's Health Care Checkup-10/13/00 (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact101300.htm)
• Is Congress Serious about Cutting Taxes? (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact81899.htm)
• Senate Democrats Bring Back Failed "KennedyCare" Bill (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc12099.htm)
• Health Care Costs Are Rising…Don't Make it Worse (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc21299.htm)
• Radio Advertisement #1 (Script) (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc3399ad.htm)
• Boehner Joins Employers in Fight to Preserve Health Benefits for Working Families (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc91599.htm)
• Trail Lawyers or Families and Businesses? (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc83099.htm)
• Dingell-Norwood: The Health Insurance Elimination Act of 1999 (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc8599.htm)
• Health Benefits Coaltion Statement on the Patient's Bill of Rights (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc71599.htm)
• Employers Fight Patient "Protections" that Leave Millions "Unprotected" (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc62399.htm)
• Employers Launch Major Advertising Blitz to Oppose New Health Care Mandates and Lawsuits (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc61699.htm)
• Dingell Fails to Revive Failed Health Care Bill (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc52799.htm)
• Norwood's Sequel: The Mandate Menace (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc51899.htm)
• Kennedy-Dingell Bill Has "Significant Effect on Cost," Says CBO (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc43099a.htm)
• Costs of Kennedy-Dingell Bill on the Rise (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc43099.htm)
• Letter to Representative Ganske (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc4999.htm)
• Clinton-Gore Think You Should Pay More (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc4799.htm)
• Lessons Learned from the States: Health Care Mandates Mean More Uninsured Americans (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc32699a.htm)
• Who Will Pay the Price for New Health Care Regulations? (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc32699.htm)
• Employers Warn Congress: Don't Make Our Employees Pay for Your Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc3399.htm)
• Ganske's Managed Care Reform Act: A Kennedy-Dingell Clone? (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc21199.htm)
• Chafee Bill Veers to the Left-Not the Middle of the Road (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc2499.htm)
• Health Benefits Coalition Statement on the Patient Protection Act (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc2399.htm)
• Republican Health Care Bill Can Cause Harmful Side Effects (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc12599.htm)
• Clinton's "Patients' Bill of Rights" Takes Away Right to Affordable Health Care for Millions of Americans (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc12099a.htm)
• Norwood Tries to Revive Health Care Monster (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc1699.htm)
• Employers to Congress: First, Do No Harm (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc199.htm)
• Three More States Oppose Expanded Health Care Lawsuits (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact91099.htm)
• Compromise Proposal Should Not Compromise Consumers Costs and Choices (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb2599.htm)
• U.S. Chamber: Patients' Bill of Rights Will Increase Uninsured Crisis (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb42699.htm)
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Letter on S.326 (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb31799.htm)
• "Medical Necessity" Provision Would Hurt Consumers, Increase Health Care Fraud (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb3299.htm)
• "Medical Necessity" and Health Plan Contracts (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb3299a.htm)
• IMRA Urges Opposition to the "Access to the Quality Care Act of 1999" (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb2499b.htm)
• NAM Says Norwood Health Care Bill is "More of the Same Bad Medicine" (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb2499a.htm)
• House GOP Patient Protection Act Ignores the Uninsured (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb2299.htm)
• Letter to Representative Norwood (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb11999.htm)
• Employers Say They'd Cut Health Benefits Due to Liability Fears (http://www.hbcweb.com/fact12500.htm)
• Mandated Benefit Laws and Employer Sponsored Health Insurance (http://www.hbcweb.com/memb12599a.htm)
• Public Believes Employers Would Drop Coverage and Trial Lawyers Would Benefit Most if Congress Allows New Health Care Lawsuits (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc21000%20.htm)
• New Study Confirms Efforts to Undermine Managed Care Could Raise Health Care Costs Nearly $400 Billion (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc51800.htm)
• Groom Law Group Analysis of the Liability Provisions of the Dingell-Norwood Bill (http://membership.hiaa.org/pdfs/hbcGroomLetter.pdf)
• Statement by the Health Benefits Coalition on Kennedy-Dingell-Norwood Vote in the Senate (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc6800.htm)
• Statement by the Health Benefits Coalition on Kennedy-Dingell "Offer" to Revise Liability in Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc52600.htm)
• Zogby Polls Shows 70% of Votes Support Independent Review Over New Health Care Lawsuits (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc52500.htm)
• Results of the Zogby Poll Cited in Link Above (http://www.hbcweb.com/Zogby0600.htm)
• New CBO Analysis Confirms Fears That Dingell-Norwood Bill Will Hike Costs (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc20900.htm)
• "Patients' Bill of Rights" or "Lawyers Right to Bill"? (http://www.hbcweb.com/hbc12400.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Association of Manufacturers, downloaded on 7/10/01:

• Progress of Health Care Negotiations (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=1207)
• Letter_Regarding_Kennedy_Amendment (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=1551)
• Key Manufacturing Vote Card: Patient's Bill of Rights (Senate) (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=1583)
• Key Manufacturing Vote Card: Patient's Bill of Rights (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=1599)
• Health Care Information Sheet (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=2022)
• Managed Care: Myth and Reality (http://www.nam.org/tertiary_search.asp?TrackID=&DocumentID=20647)

Internal Archive for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, downloaded on 7/10/01:

• Boehner Bill Moves Health Care in Right Direction for Business (http://www.uschamber.com/Press+Room/1999+Releases/September+1999/99-170.htm)
• Lawsuit Risk Will Savage Employer Health Care Plan (http://www.uschamber.com/Press+Room/1999+Releases/October+1999/99-184.htm)
• Chamber Urges Health Care Conferees to Focus on Expanding Access, Not Liability (http://www.uschamber.com/Press+Room/2000+Releases/March+2000/00-32.htm)
• Chamber Hails Decline in Number of Uninsured, Warns Congressional Action Could Undercut Gains (http://www.uschamber.com/Press+Room/2000+Releases/September+2000/00-139.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Federation of Independent Business, downloaded on 7/10/01:

• Health Reform Legislation Headed for a Fight (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10274)
• Gore Pushes Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=9782)
• Competing Health Care Bills in Senate Committee (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10060)
• Baltimore Business Owner Urges Congress to Reject Kennedy Health Bill (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2294828)
• Senate to Take Up Health Care After Recess (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10249)
• Senate Kills HMO Liability Provision (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10283)
• Meeting with Clinton Pushes Patients' Rights Bill Closer to Completion (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10167)
• Clinton Leads Road Show for Health Mandates Legislation (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10106)
• Health Liability Threats Mount (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10364)
• NFIB Members Speak Out for Health Reform (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10277)
• Increased Liability Jeopardizes Health Care Coverage (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10185)
• Bill Would Increase Premiums by 6% (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10144)
• Today's HMO Reform Bill Threatens Cost, Access (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=9900)
• Health Care Bill Lacking (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10388)
• Small Business Focus: The Lawyers' Right to Bill (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0112922757.0994791553@@@@&BV_EngineID=lallgccegkjbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=1609884

Internal Archive for the National Federation of Independent Business, downloaded on 7/11/01:

• House Bill Could Hurt Coverage (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2342418)
• Small Business Focus: Health Care Reform (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=1609852)
• The Cost of Health Care Is the No. 1 Problem for Small Businesses (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2403524)
• Health Care Fight Heads to House (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10291)
• Health Benefits Coalition Defends Ads (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10153)
• Health Reform Bogs Down in Senate (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10321)
• Small Business Owner Speaks Out on Health Care Reform (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2284694)
• NFIB Says Norwood Bill Misses the Mark (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10411)
• Congress Ill on Patients' Bill Passage (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10183)
• Small Business Fights for Affordable Health Care (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=10058)
• Norwood Inconsistent (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=1610226)
• House Passes a Gift for Trial Lawyers (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=9901)
• NFIB To Hold Congress Accountable on Norwood-Dingell Vote (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2342414)
• Norwood-Dingell is a Gift to Trial Lawyers (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2342420)
• Dingell/Norwood HMO Reform Plan Fails Yet Another Small Business Test (http://www.nfib.com/cgi-bin/NFIB.dll/public/advocacy/newsReleaseDisplay.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2115164996.0994865678@@@@&BV_EngineID=callgccegdlbemfcfkmcfcgfi.0&contentId=2342410)

Internal Archive for Aetna, Inc., downloaded on 7/11/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Health Insurance Association of America, 7/11/01:

• Proposed "Patient Protection" Regulations Are Politically Motivated (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release64.html)
• Sadly, Rep. Norwood Still Doesn't Get It (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release65.html)
• "Patient Protections" Would Help Lawyers, Hurt Consumers (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release74.html)
• Senate "Patient Protection" Vote a Clear Victory for Consumers (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release95.html)
• Revised CBO Estimates Show that Patients' "Bills of Rights" Are "Bills of Goods" (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release140.html)
• New Survey's Support for Suing Health Plans is Suspect (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release179.html)
• "Dingwood" Win Would Hurt Consumers, Employers (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release187.html)
• House Managed Care Bills Contain Hundreds of New Mandates (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release188.html)
• Boehner "Care" Bill a Mixed Bag (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release195.html)
• New "Patient Protection" Bills Could Destroy Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release199.html)
• Shadegg-Coburn "Compromise" Is Little More than "Dingwood II" (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release200.html)
• Shadegg-Coburn Proposal Helps Lawyers, Hurts Consumers (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release204.html)
• APA Analysis of Independent Review Process is Fundamentally Flawed (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release205.html)
• HIAA Unveils Campaign to Fight "Dingwood" Bill (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release206.html)
• "Dingwood" Compromise on Patients' Bill of Rights is Still Bad Medicine for Americans (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release207.html)
• Consumers Dodge a Bullet in the Form of Patients Bill of Rights (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release227.html)
• "Health Care Quality and Access Act of 1999" Would Raise Costs, Increase the Number of Uninsured (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release235.html)
• "Patient Protection" Bills Give Short Shrift to the Uninsured (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release249.html)
• "Medical Necessity" Provision Would Hurt Consumers, Increase Health Care Fraud (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release259.html)
• Ganske Grab-Bag Promised Higher Costs, More Uninsured (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release264.html)
• Compromise Proposal Should Not Compromise Consumers' Costs and Choices (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release265.html)
• House GOP Patient Protection Act Ignores the Uninsured (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release267.html)
• Response to a Senate GOP Patients' Bill of Rights Act (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-current/press-releases/release270.html)
• Analysis of the Provisions of the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://membership.hiaa.org/pdfs/FPBOR.pdf)
• More Regulatory Requirements than PARCA (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-state/parca.htm)
• Liability of Employers and Plan Sponsors Under Norwood-Dingell and Shadegg-Coburn (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-state/opinion.htm)
• Radio Ad Against Norwood-Dingell (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-state/hiaaradioad.htm)
• Medical Necessity and Health Plan Contracts (http://www.hiaa.org/news/news-state/mednecwhitepaper.html)

Internal Archive for the American Nurses Association, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• Your Voice Truly Needed to Reform Health Care (http://www.ana.org/tan/99janfeb/letters.htm)
• Proposals Could Impact Women's Health (http://www.ana.org/ajn/1999/march/wawa039d.htm)
• ANA Urges Congress to Enact a "Real" Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1999/pr0409.htm)
• Advertisement on PBR from Roll-Call (http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1999/713pbrad.htm)
• ANA Calls Senate Action on Managed Care An Empty Promise (http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1999/pr0716.htm)
• ANA Endorses Bipartisan Managed Care Bill (http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1999/pr0811.htm)
• Bill Dealt Setback by the Senate (http://www.ana.org/ajn/1999/sep/wawa099a.htm)
• ANA Echoes Clinton's Call to Bolster Health Care System (http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2000/pr0128.htm)
• ANA News, May 2000 (http://www.nursingworld.org/news/nws05_00.htm)
• RN Addresses Need for Federal Patients' Bill of Rights Legislation at Democratic Convention (http://www.ana.org/tan/sepoct00/demconv.htm)
• Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ana.org/gova/federal/legis/106/pbrintr.htm)
• Patients' Bill of Rights Comparison (http://www.ana.org/gova/federal/legis/106/gpbrchrt.htm)
• Managed Care Reform/Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ana.org/gova/federal/legis/106/patients.htm)

Internal Archive for the AFL-CIO, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• Statement on H.R. 2095 (http://www.aflcio.org/publ/press1999/pr0618a.htm)
• Patients' Bill of Wrongs (http://www.aflcio.org/publ/press1999/pr0716.htm)
• AFL-CIO Launches a New TV and Radio Ad Campaign Urging Representatives to Support Bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights Legislation (http://www.aflcio.org/publ/press1999/pr1004.htm)
• Statement of AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on the Republican Senate Leadership's Vote Against a Real Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.aflcio.org/publ/press2000/pr0608b.htm)
• Adopt a Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.aflcio.org/healthcare/curing_patientsbillofrights.htm)
• Congress Turns Its Back on Working Families in Ergonomics and Patients' Bill of Rights Votes (http://www.aflcio.org/articles/misc/turnback.htm)

Internal Archive for the the Patient Activist Coalition, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Patients Rights' Coalition, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the United Auto Workers, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• Patients' Rights (http://www.uaw.org/cap/01/issue/issue05-3.html)

Internal Archive for the Teamsters Union, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• Senate Passes Patients' Bill of Rights Lite (http://www.teamster.org/99political/action%5F072199.html)

Internal Archive for the Communications Workers of America, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Association of Health Plans, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• The Managed Care Debate: Correcting Errors and Omissions (http://www.aahp.org/AAHP/index.cfm?ContentID=D20A27ED-EBC9-11D3-BDAD00A0C98ECA2F&Layout=Content&OID=EFD137A9-05AD-11D4-BDAD00A0C98ECA2F&JZXD=C4CA4238-A0B9-2382-0DCC509A6F75849B)

Internal Archive for the Business Roundtable, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• PARCA 99: A Prescription for Rising Costs and More Uninsured (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/235)
• Business Roundtable Mounts All-Out Effort Opposing Health Care Mandates and New Lawsuits (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/292)
• Don't Be Fooled, Warns BRT: New Norwood Bill Does More Harm Than Good (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/331)
• HR 2723, The Dingell-Norwood Bill: A Direct Liability Threat to Employers Through the Impairment of ERISA Preemption (http://www.brtable.org/pdf/333.pdf)
• Business Roundtable Patients' Bill of Rights Ad Script (http://www.brtable.org/document.cfm/368)
• Business Roundtable Patients' Bill of Rights Ad (.avi format)
• Summary of the Senate Passed Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.brtable.org/document.cfm/369)
• Business Roundtable Supports the RIGHT Kind of Health Care Reform (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/370)
• Employers from around the Country Rally Against Health Care Lawsuits (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/395)
• New Ads Thank Senators for the "Right" Vote on a Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/425)
• Business Roundtable Praises Senators Who Oppose Kennedy's Costly Health Care Amendment (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/431)
• Letter to Senator Nickles: Opposition to Kennedy-Dingell Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.brtable.org/document.cfm/432)
• Business Roundtable Airs Opposition to Health Care Lawsuits (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/343)
• Business Roundtable Launches Advertising Campaign Thanking Senators for Supporting Common-Sense Health Care Reforms (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/450)
• Employees of Business Roundtable Companies Speak Out Against the Dingell-Norwood-Kennedy Bill (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/456)
• The Business Roundtable Joins Other Employers in Thanking Senator Ashcroft for Supporting Common-Sense Health Care Reform (http://www.brtable.org/press.cfm/457)

Internal Archive for the Daimler-Chrysler Corporation, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Ford Motor Company, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for General Motors, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Associated General Contractors of America, downloaded on 7/12/01:

• Construction Legislative Week in Review, 1/21/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F1%2D21%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week In Review, 1/28/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F1%2D28%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week In Review, 4/30/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F4%2D30%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week in Review, 9/16/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F09%2D16%2D99%2Einc)Construction
• Construction Legislative Week in Review, 9/23/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F09%2D23%2D99%2Einc)
• Legislative Week in Review, 10/14/99 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F10%2D14%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week in Review, 2/24/00 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F02%2D24%2D00%2Einc)Construction
• Legislative Week In Review, 3/11/00 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F3%2D11%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week In Review, 6/24/00 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F6%2D24%2D99%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week in Review, 7/6/00 (http://www.agc.org/Search/dis_search.cfm?ID=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eagc%2Eorg%2Fcontent%2Fpublic%2FLegislative%5FInfo%2FWeek%5Fin%5FReview%2F07%2D06%2D00%2Einc)
• Construction Legislative Week In Review, 11/30/00 (http://www.agc.org/content/public/PDF/Legislative/Week_in_Review/2000/11-30-00.pdf)

Internal Archive for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, downloaded on 7/16/01:

• AFSCME Employees Support Patients' Bill of Rights at White House Event (http://www.afscme.org/publications/public%5Femployee/2000/pemj0017.htm)
• Patients' Bill of Rights Lives (http://www.afscme.org/publications/public%5Femployee/1999/pejf9903.htm)
• AFSCME Urges Congress to Pass Bill Protecting Health Care Workers, Consumers (http://www.afscme.org/publications/leader/1999/99060108.htm)
• Patient Protections in Managed Care: Where Are We Now? (http://www.afscme.org/pol%2Dleg/ppmc03.htm)
• Weekly Report, 1/29/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990129.htm)
• Weekly Report, 2/5/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990205.htm)
• Weekly Report, 2/12/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990212.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/5/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990305.htm)
• AFSCME Supports Continued Efforts to Pass a Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.afscme.org/press/pr990309.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/12/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990312.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/19/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990319.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/26/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990326.htm)
• AFSCME President Applauds Congressional Leaders for their Support of Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.afscme.org/press/pr990409.htm)
• Weekly Report, 4/16/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990416.htm)
• Weekly Report, 4/23/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990423.htm)
• Weekly Report, 4/30/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990430.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/7/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990507.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/14/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990514.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/21/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990521.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/28/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990528.htm)
• Weekly Report, 6/11/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990611.htm)
• Weekly Report, 6/18/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990618.htm)
• Weekly Report, 6/25/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990625.htm)
• Weekly Report, 7/2/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990702.htm)
• Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Need for a Real Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.afscme.org/press/pr990714.htm)
• Weekly Report, 7/16/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990716.htm)
• Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W McEntee on the Senate's Failure to Pass a Real Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.afscme.org/press/pr990716.htm)
• Weekly Report, 7/23/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990723.htm)
• Weekly Report, 7/30/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990730.htm)
• Weekly Report, 8/6/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990806.htm)
• Weekly Report, 9/10/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990910.htm)
• Weekly Report, 9/17/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990917.htm)
• Weekly Report, 9/24/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r990924.htm)
• Weekly Report, 10/1/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r991001.htm)
• AFSCME Applauds Passage of the Norwood-Dingell Bill (http://www.afscme.org/press/pr991007.htm)
• Weekly Report, 10/8/99 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r991008.htm)
• Weekly Report, 1/28/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000128.htm)
• Weekly Report, 2/4/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000204.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/24/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000324.htm)
• Weekly Report, 3/3/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000303.htm)
• Weekly Report, 4/7/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000407.htm)
• Weekly Report, 4/28/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000428.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/5/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000505.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/12/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000512.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/19/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000519.htm)
• Weekly Report, 5/26/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000526.htm)
• Weekly Report, 6/9/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000609.htm)
• Weekly Report, 6/23/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000623.htm)
• Weekly Report, 9/8/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000908.htm)
• Weekly Report, 9/15/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r000915.htm)
• Weekly Report, 10/6/00 (http://www.afscme.org/action/weekly%5Freports/r001006.htm)

Internal Archive for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, downloaded on 7/17/01:

• Patients' Bill of Rights Petition (http://www.atlanet.org/familysafety/whatnew/pbr.htm)
• Statement of Richard H. Middleton, Jr. on the House Passage of the Patients' Bill of Rights, 10/7/99 (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/hmostmnt.htm)
• APA Says Insurance and Managed Care Companies Have 280 Million Reasons to Deny Care (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/apa0813.htm)
• Congress and Judicial Update: White House May Veto Senate HMO "Reform" (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/hmo090720.htm)
• ATLA Congressional Update, 9/28/00 (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/upda0928.htm)
• ATLA Congressional Update, 11/22/00 (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/upda1122.htm)
• Managed Care Accountability Now (http://www.atlanet.org/homepage/care0603.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Partnership for Women and Families, downloaded on 7/17/01:

• The Pressure is on for Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/newsletter/spr99/newsletter3.htm)
• No Changing the Subject on Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/030999.htm)
• Letter to the Senate, 3/15/99 (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/senhelp2.htm)
• Letter to the Senate, 3/17/99 (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/liabsen.htm)
• National Partnership for Women and Families to Join with President Clinton, Members of Congress to Call for Real HMO Reform (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/040899.htm)
• Internet Petition Lets Americans Send a Message to Congress: We Need Real Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/040999.htm)
• Senate Leaderships Gambles with America's Health (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/062399.htm)
• Senate Should Put the People's Health before Insurers' Profits (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/071299.htm)
• Coburn-Shadegg Bill Fails Women and Families (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/090999.htm)
• Only One Bill Protects Patients, Not Profits: Norwood-Dingell (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/092399.htm)
• Liability Provisions of Goss/Coburn/Shadegg/Thomas/Greenwood Substitute Are Riddled with Loopholes (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/100599_accountable.htm)
• Norwood-Dingell Passage a Victory for Women and Families (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/1999/100799.htm)
• DLC Poll Misses the Mark on America's View of Managed Care (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/032400.htm)
• Pick up the Pace on Managed Care Reform (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/040600.htm)
• Letter to Managed Care Conferees, 4/12/00 (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/genetic/conferee_letter.htm)
• Patients' Rights Coalition Leader Calls on Senator Nickles to Follow the Lead of His Own State (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/050200.htm)
• Get Moving on Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/050300.htm)
• Women's Health Advocate Scolds Congress for Unfinished Business on Patients' Rights (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/052600.htm)
• Senate Should Put Patients Before Profits (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/pressreleases/2000/060800.htm)
• Memo to the Press Regarding Managed Care Reform Legislation (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/edbd080100.htm)
• Battle for Patient Protections: Front and Center (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/newsletter/fall00/newsletter4.htm)
• Email Update, 9/11/00 (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/getinvolved/emup091100.htm)
• Health Care and the 106th Congress (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/news/newsletter/win2000/newsletter8.htm)
• How the House Passed Bipartisan Bill and the Senate Passed Amendment Measure up on Some Key Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/nicklesamend.htm)
• Letter on Scope and Liability to House and Senate Managed Care Conferees (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/scopeliability.htm)
• Letter on Direct Access to Ob-Gyn Services to House and Senate Managed Care Conferees (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/conferobgyn.htm)
• Letter to Senators on Holding Health Plans Accountable (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/conferletter.htm)
• How the House Passed Bipartisan Bill and the Senate Bill Measure up on Some Key Patient Protection Provisions (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/chart2723.htm)
• Nearly 275 Groups Cosponsor H.R. 2723 (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/cosponsor.htm)
• How the Bipartisan Bill, Coburn/Shadegg Bill, and the Boehner Bill Measure up on Some Key Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/3way_checklist.htm)
• How the House Bipartisan Consensus Bill and the Boehner Bill Measure up on Some Key Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/checklist2723_2926.htm)
• Holding Health Plans Accountable (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/accountable.htm)
• How the Senate Passed Bill and S.6 (Patients' Bill of Rights) Measure up on Some Key Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/s1344.htm)
• Patients Need Real Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/nosham799.htm)
• New "Conscience" Provision in the Education and Workforce "Anti-gag" Bill (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/reproductive/conscience.htm)
• Boehner/Goodling Package of Bills is Bad Medicine for Women (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/boehner.htm)
• Patients' Bill of Rights Petition (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/petition.htm)
• How the House and Senate Leadership Proposals Measure up on Some Key Patient Protections (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/protection.htm)
• Patient Protections and Women's Health (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/3waychart.htm)
• Patient Protections and Women's Health: The Patients' Bill of Rights Act (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/patient_cht.htm)
• Senate "HELP" Committee Passes Bill that Will Not Give Patients the Help They Need (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/senatehelp.htm)
• Talking Points: Response to Concerns that the Patients' Bill of Rights Will Raise Costs and Increase the Number of Uninsured (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/scost.htm)
• The Patients' Bill of Rights Act Means Better Care for Women (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/patients.htm)
• Sample Letter to the Editor (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/mday_letter.htm)
• The Patients' Bill of Rights Act in the 106th Congress (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/PBR106/pbramain_106.htm)
  

Internal Archive for Families USA, downloaded on 7/17/01:

• No documents found
  

Internal Archive for the Consumers' Union, downloaded on 7/17/01:

• Consumers Union Pleased to See Managed Care Debate Move Forward (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/0107mcdc399.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Consumers Union: Senate Managed Care Reform Bill is a Phony Cure for What Ails Patients in HMOs (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/senmandc799.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Consumers Union Says That Boehner Bill Does More Harm Than No Managed Care Legislation at All (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/0616pressdc699.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Consumers Union Urges the Senate to Pass the Norwood-Dingell Bill NOW (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/norwood-bill0600.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Consumers Union Applauds the Passage of Managed Care Reform Bill But Cites Serious Concerns about the Access Package (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/pressmt1099.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Letter to Managed Care Conferees, 11/15/99 (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/conf100dc.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Letter to Members of Congress, 2/24/00 (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/accessdc300.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
• Consumers Union Urges Congress to Pass the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.consumersunion.org/health/pbradc499.htm?managed+care+reform#first_hit)
  

Internal Archive for the National Community Pharmacists Association, downloaded on 7/17/01:

• Patients' Bill of Rights Petition (http://www.ncpanet.org/PETITION/borpetition.html)
• NCPA Position on the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ncpanet.org/STATE/statefive.html)
• Notes from Capital Hill, 5/00 (http://www.ncpanet.org/NFCH/nfch0005.html)
  

Internal Archive for the American Medical Association, downloaded on 7/18/01:

• Report of the President to the House of Delegates, 12/5/99 (http://www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/interim99/speeches/report.htm)
• AMA Update, 6/10/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-2683.html)
• America Has Turned the Corner, 6/11/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-2623.html)
• President Gala, Philadelphia County Medical Society, 6/29/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1620-2942.html)
• The Future of American Health Care, 7/5/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1735-2930.html)
• AMA Communication, 7/19/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1987-2847.html)
• Federal Issues Update, 7/29/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-3024.html
• AMA Federation News, 8/2/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1987-2943.html)
• AMA Update, 9/2/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-3162.html))
• AMA Washington Update, 9/10/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2542-3170.html)
• AMA Federation News, 9/13/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1987-3099.html)
• Chair's Remarks, Specialty Services Meeting, 12/3/00 (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-3581.html)
• AMA's Fight for Patient Rights is Only the Beginning (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/amn_00/edca1002.htm)
• Senators Santorum and Specter: Can the People of Pennsylvania Count on Your Support? (http://www.ama-assn.org/downloads/communications/pdf/AMASantorumSpecter.pdf)
• Scope Remains Patient Protections Obstacle (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvl20410.htm)
• Health Policy and the 2000 Elections (http://www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/nldc2000/rdn_speech.htm)
• HMOs Are Spending $100 Million to Deny Your Rights (http://www.ama-assn.org/advocacy/media/amafam6h.pdf)
• A Patients' Bill of Rights: The Medical Students' Role (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/msjama/articles/vol_281/no_9/jms90010.htm)
• Clinton Still Trying for Health Care Legacy (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvsb0522.htm)
• Managed Care Reform Overview (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4110.html)
• Creating the Best Possible Environment for the Practice of Medicine and for Patient Care (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2064-3519.html)
• Focus Shifts to House on Patient Protection Bill (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/gvl10802.htm)
• Democrats Issue Grassroots Call for Patients' Rights Bill (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvsc0124.htm)
• Following the Flurry of Health Care Legislation: Where Next? (http://www.ama-assn.org/advocacy/nwdcom.htm)
• AMA Corrects Wall Street Journal Misrepresentations (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/3289-3369.html)
• AMA Calls on Senate Leadership to Stop "Smoke Screens" and "Foot Dragging" and Pass Strong Patients' Rights Legislation (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2065-2638.html)
• Economic Impact of Managed Care Reform (http://www.ama-assn.org/advocacy/healthpolicy/reform/mgdcare.pdf)
• AMA Says Time is Running Out for Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1611-2742.html)
• HMO Liability Policy (http://www.ama-assn.org/meetings/public/interim00/reports/rcb/bot18i00.rtf)
• Who Will They Believe? (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/31/amabelievepdf.pdf)
• Remarks at the Patients' Bill of Rights Press Conference (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1752-2740.html)
• Clinton, GOP Pledge Action on Uninsured, Patient Protection (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvsa0214.htm)
• AMA Calls on Lott, Hastert, President to Negotiate Patients' Rights Bill (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2065-2673.html)
• Census Figures Confirm that Insurers' Claim on Patients' Rights Just Another Big Lie (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1616-3191.html)
• New Bill Fails to Advance Patient Protections (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvsc0724.htm)
• The Most Important Test Your Doctor Might Ever Recommend Is This One: On A Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ama-assn.org/ad-com/releases/1999/amates.pdf)
• AMA Says Supreme Court Decision Underscores Need for Strong Patients' Rights Legislation (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2065-2632.html)
• From the Trenches to the Hill (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/orga1025.htm)
• New Labor Department Rules Call for Faster HMO Appeals (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvl11211.htm)
• Health Care Reform and Legislative Issues at the National Level (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1735-2930.html)
• AMA Emphasizes Patients' Rights Support to Denver Post (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/3289-3409.html)
• Administrative Rules No Substitute for Strong Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1611-3253.html)
• American Independence and the Right to Emergency Care (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/msjama/articles/vol_281/no_9/jms90008.htm)
• Why Won't the Senate Act? (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/31/ticker3101300.pdf)
• How Do You Justify That? (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/31/amaindex4101600.pdf)
• The Patients' Bill of Rights: The Right Vote at the Right Time (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/amn_99/edit1101.htm)
• A Big Win for Patients (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/gvl11025.htm)
• Gore, Bush Give Stance on Medicine (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/gvsa1023.htm)
• Flawed Managed Care Bill Moves to Committee (http://www.ama-assn.org/ad-com/roots/hr2095.pdf)
  

Internal Archive for the American College of Nurse-Midwives, downloaded on 7/25/01:

• No documents found