Congressional Statements, Managed Care Reform / Patients' Bill
of Rights
Here you will find materials related to this issue from members of Congress.
We provide two primary types of information. First, we provide copies of statements
made by individual members on the floor of the Senate and House, as recorded
in the Congressional Record in the Library of Congress' Thomas
website. Sometimes, floor debate may occur where several members exchange ideas
for an extended period of time. To indicate such debates, we name the files
according the name of the first person to speak with the addendum "et al." to
indicate that multiple members of Congress were involved. These files are often
more than one page in length; we number the pages in chronological order for
convenience. Second, we provide materials from individual member's homepages.
This material may include press releases, information sheets, information about
legislation introduced, etc. We provide the original URL of this material in
parentheses next to each link. Please note, however, that these links may cease
to function as members may change their website at any time. Additionally, we
also provide relevant information from caucuses (eg, Hispanic Caucus, Blue Dog
Democrats, etc) or individual committees as appropriate.
Because of the size of this issue, the search for Congressional statements
yielded too many documents to be saved. The documents below represent a random
sample of the total number of those that were relevant. The Thomas search yielded
an estimated 206 relevant documents, while the House of Representatives search
yielded approximately 138.
Statements from the Congressional Record:
- Rep. Baird,
et al., 2/23/99
- Rep.
Bliley, et al., 10/6/99
- Rep. Capps,
3/23/99
- Rep.
Christensen, 10/6/99
- Rep.
Coburn, et al., 10/29/00
- Rep. Crowley,
3/9/99
- Rep. Delauro,
10/7/99
- Rep. Doggett,
6/23/99
- Rep. Ganske,
2/3/99
- Rep. Ganske,
6/14/99
- Rep. Ganske,
7/13/99 (#1)
- Rep. Ganske,
7/13/99 (#2)
- Rep. Ganske,
7/13/99 (#3)
- Rep.
Ganske, et al., 5/24/00
- Rep. Ganske,
8/3/99
- Rep. Ganske,
9/13/00
- Rep. Green,
6/23/99
- Rep. Green,
6/24/99
- Rep. Green,
7/14/99
- Rep. Green,
9/28/99
- Rep. Green,
2/1/00
- Rep. Green,
et al., 3/8/00
- Rep. Hoeffel,
8/3/99
- Rep.
Jackson-Lee, 10/5/99
- Rep. Lampson,
3/10/99
- Rep.
Pallone, et al., 6/9/99
- Rep.
Pallone, et al., 6/23/99
- Rep. Pallone,
9/9/99
- Rep. Pallone,
9/21/99
- Rep.
Pallone, et al., 9/28/99
- Rep. Pallone,
11/8/99
- Rep. Pallone,
1/31/00
- Rep. Pallone,
10/18/00
- Rep. Paul, 10/4/99
- Rep. Rodriguez,
9/29/99
- Rep. Rothman,
6/24/99
- Rep. Sandlin,
8/3/99
- Rep. Shadegg,
10/3/00
- Rep. Stearns,
5/3/00
- Rep. Traficant,
10/7/99
- Rep. Woolsey,
6/24/99
- Sen. Boxer,
et al., 7/14/99
- Sen.
Collins, et al., 1/22/99 (#1)
- Sen.
Collins, et al., 1/22/99 (#2)
- Sen. Collins,
et al., 1/22/99 (#3)
- Sen. Durbin,
11/18/99
- Sen. Feingold,
7/14/99
- Sen. Gramm,
6/28/99
- Sen. Jeffords,
1/28/99
Statements from Individual Member Websites, downloaded on 8/1/01:
- Andrews Named
to Committee to Write Final Version of the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj01_andrews/conferee11899.html)
- Congresswoman
Tammy Baldwin and Colleagues Storm the Capital (http://www.house.gov/baldwin/press_pbrpetition62399.html)
- Baldwin Hails
Passage of a Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/baldwin/press_pbrfinalpassage100799.html)
- Cass Ballenger's
Radio Address: Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/ballenger/wklyradio_106/r_991011_patientsrights.html)
- Boehner: Fate
of Managed Care Bill Hinges on the Uninsured (http://www.house.gov/boehner/1999/p070199.htm)
- Capps Praises
Passage of Bipartisan Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/capps/press55.htm)
- Americans
Demand Informed Consent in the Management of our Medical Care (http://www.house.gov/cummings/articles/archived/art99_41.htm)
- Congressman
Jim Davis Votes for Norwood-Dingell Managed Care Reform Bill (http://www.house.gov/jimdavis/press_releases/pr10799a.htm)
- Statement
of the Honorable Rosa DeLauro on the Patients' Bill of Rights, 6/23/99
(http://www.house.gov/delauro/press/1999/pbrst.html)
- Statement
of Congressman John Dingell, 5/27/99 (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/press/106st42.htm)
- Dingell Letter
to Hastert and Lott (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/press/106ltr82.htm)
- Statement
of Congressman John D. Dingell, 3/2/00 (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/press/106st100.htm)
- Floor Statement
of the Honorable John Dingell Conference Report on H.R. 2614 (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/press/106st172.htm)
- Letter
from Rep. Dingell and Sen. Kennedy to Sen. Nickles (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/pbor/demoffer523.pdf)
- Emerson Votes
in Support of Responsible Liability in Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/emerson/pr100799.htm)
- Evans Calls
for Action on Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/evans/press10_99archive.html)
- Gordon Warns
Colleagues Not to Gut Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/gordon/patientconf.html)
- Health Care
Rights Expanded for Millions (http://www.house.gov/hoeffel/ww_v01_n03.htm)
- Rep. Holt Visits
Patients at Huntingdon Medical Center (http://www.house.gov/rholt/p122299huntmed.htm)
- Blue
Dog's Put Forth Health Care Access Compromise (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/la07_john/bluedog/relsep14.html)
- Klezcka Sponsors
Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/kleczka/106_pr_1_21.htm)
- Passing
a Patients' Bill of Rights and Providing Health Care Access (http://www.house.gov/moore/issue-PBoR.htm)
- Moore Teams
with Family Doctors to Support Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/moore/nr-PBoR04-10-00.htm)
- Rough Draft
of Bipartisan Managed Care Reform Effort Leaked to the Press (http://www.house.gov/norwood/pressarchives/pr_051099_ganskeleak.html)
- ERISA Liability
and the Consensus Bill (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ga10_norwood/5_17_99_concensus.html)
- Norwood Urges
Daschle to Offer Chaffee Alternative (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/chaffee071699.html)
- Norwood Calls
for Immediate Floor Vote on both Coburn-Shadegg and Norwood-Dingell HMO Reform
Bills (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/coburn091099.html)
- The Foundation
of HMO Reform: Legal Accountability for Medical Decisions (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/ga10_norwood/091499found.html)
- Norwood Vows
to Block to Poison Pill Procedure (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/092899pill.html)
- Norwood Urges
Summit on Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ga10_norwood/020900summit.html)
- The Scope
of Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/norwood/pressarchives/scope032100.html)
- Progress
of the Conference Committee on Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/052500progress.html)
- Brief Remarks
by the Honorable Charlie Norwood (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/remarks060800.html)
- Breakthrough
Agreement Reached on Compromise Managed Care Reform Bill (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga10_norwood/alternativebreak.html)
- HMO Arguments
against Norwood-Dingell Obliterated by New Stats on the Uninsured (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ga10_norwood/092900hmo.html)
- The Final
Version, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 2000 (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ga10_norwood/finalfinalversion100600.html)
- No Bill Passes,
But Big Gains Made in Patients' Rights Battle (http://www.house.gov/norwood/pressarchives/lamehealth103100.html)
- Peterson
Votes No on Higher Health Care Costs (http://wwwa.house.gov/collinpeterson/press/106th/managed_care.htm)
- Summary
of Shadegg Common Sense Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/shadegg/hr5628.htm)
- Transcript
of Vic Snyder's Radio Address, 10/8/1999 (http://www.house.gov/snyder/news_views/radio_addresses/ra991008.html)
- Spratt Signs
Petition to Bring Patients' Bill of Rights to the House Floor (http://www.house.gov/spratt/news_archive/99_00/n10628.htm)
- Rep. Stark Signs
a Discharge Petition to Force the Republican Leadership to Quit Stalling on
the Consideration of Comprehensive Managed Care (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/pborpress.html)
- Real Managed Care
Reform Gets Bipartisan Support (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/newsletter/htmlnewsletter/Setpember1999/managednews.html)
- Congressman
Stark Named a Conferee on Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/namemcconfpress.html)
- Stark Reports
a Victory on Managed Care Reform (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/newsletter/htmlnewsletter/November1999/mcreformnl.html)
- Statement of
Congressman Stark, Patients' Bill of Rights First Conference Committee Meeting
(http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/pborconf1.html)
- The Prognosis
for the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/newsletter/htmlnewsletter/May2000/progpbor.html)
- Comparison
of the Managed Care Reform Proposals (http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/106th/pborcomparechart.html)
- Congressman
Jim Turner Announces Passage of Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx02_turner/proct71999patients.html)
- Rep. Visclosky
Statement on the Importance of the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.house.gov/visclosky/patbr.htm)
- A
Narrative Discussion of the Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement
Act of 1999 (http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/pbor/bipartisanbill.narrative.htm)
- Introducing
Senate Democrats First Bills of the 106th Congress (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/01/19990119.html)
- Daschle
Sets Deadline for Congressional Debate on Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/03/1999309B21.html)
- Daschle
Urges South Dakotans to Voice their Support for Health Care Reform by Signing
Internet Petition (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/04/1999409C01.html)
- Daschle
Presses Republican Leaders to Bring Up Patients' Bill of Rights by Friday
(http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/06/1999616B57.html)
- Daschle
Disappointed that Republicans Have Once Again Blocked Efforts to Guarantee
Patient Protections (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/06/1999621B07.html)
- Daschle
Says Senate to Consider Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/06/1999629D04.html)
- Daschle
to Press for Effective Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/07/1999713356.html)
- Daschle:
Senate Republicans Reject Efforts to Ensure Health Plans Allow Access to Emergency
Rooms, Expand Medical Protections for Women (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/07/1999714617.html)
- Daschle:
Republicans Reject Democrat Plan to Provide Health Care Protections to 161
Million Americans (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/07/1999714D35.html)
- Daschle:
Senate Republicans Reject "Patients' Bill of Rights;" Push Through Measure
Denying Millions Health Care Protections (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/99/07/1999715D28.html)
- Daschle
Presses House-Senate Negotiators to End Months of Inaction and Pass an Effective
Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/00/03/2000302C18.html)
- Daschle
Continues to Press for Effective Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/00/09/2000921E28.html)
- Daschle
Continues to Press Congress to Pass Effective Patients Bill of Rights Before
it Adjourns for the Year (http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pressroom/releases/00/09/2000921E28.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Chris Dodd on First Meeting of the Conferees on the Patients' Bill
of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~dodd/issues/hlth.html)
-
Patients' Bill of Rights Legislation to Move in Senate (http://www.senate.gov/~dodd/issues/hlth.html)
- Dodd
Debates Patients' Bill of Rights on Senate Floor
- Durbin,
Colleagues: Make Patients' Bill of Rights a Priority (http://durbin.senate.gov/PressReleases/990616.htm)
- Patients'
Bill of Rights Audio Clips (http://www.senate.gov/src/radio/frist/patientsbillofrightsfrist7-14.rm)
- Graham,
Chaffee, Bipartisan Group Unveil HMO Reform Plan (http://www.senate.gov/~graham/pr0204.html)
- Graham,
Chaffee, Bipartisan Coalition Urge Senate to Reach Compromise on HMO Reform
(http://www.senate.gov/~graham/pr0715a.html)
- Harkin
Joins Other Democrats in Calling on Patients' Rights Conferees to Resume Meetings
(http://harkin.senate.gov/~harkin/releases/00/01/2000121609.html)
- Harkin
Announces Patients' Rights Conferees to Finally Meet (http://harkin.senate.gov/~harkin/releases/00/02/2000207429.html)
-
Statement of Senator Tom Harkin at a Press Conference to Urge Senate to Pass
a Meaningful Patients' Bill of Rights (http://harkin.senate.gov/~harkin/releases/00/06/2000608541.html)
- Patients'
Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/patients.html)
- Jeffords
Attends White House Meeting on Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/511pbor.html)
- Jeffords
to Participate in White House Meeting on Patients' Bill of Rights Thursday
(http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/59pbor.html)
- Health
Care Reform Goals for 1999 (http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/199oped.html)
- Sen.
Jeffords' Health Care Newsletter (http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/Health.pdf)
- Statement
of Sen. Kennedy on the Passage of the Norwood-Dingell Managed Care Reform
Bill (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/99/10/1999A07C41.html)
-
Statement of Sen. Kennedy Urging the Senate to Act Promptly to Pass the Norwood-Dingell
Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/99/10/1999A15836.html)
-
Statement of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy at the White House Press Conference on
the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/03/2000302437.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Patients' Bill of Rights Conference (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/03/2000310434.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Urgent Need to Pass Managed Care Reform
(http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/04/2000411A58.html)
- The
Impact on Patients of Delays in Passing a Patients' Bill of Rights: A Senate
HELP Committee Minority Staff Study (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/04/2000411B01.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy at the White House Press Conference on Patients'
Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/05/2000511710.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Patients' Bill of Rights Amendment to the
DoD Authorization Bill (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/05/2000609828.html)
- Statement
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Urgent Need to Pass Comprehensive Managed
Care Legislation (http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/00/05/2000609831.html)
- Fighting
for a Real Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/patientsleg.htm)
-
Opening Statement for Patients' Bill of Rights Markup, Senator Barbara Mikulski
(http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/press/99/03/pbr.htm)
- Senator
Mikulski Signs Patients' Bill of Rights Online Petition (http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/press/99/04/pbrpet.htm)
-
Senator Barbara Mikulski Joins Senate Democrats to Fight for a Patients' Bill
of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/press/99/06/pbr1.rel.htm)
- Statement
by Senator Barabara Mikulski on Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/press/00/06/2000608832.html)
- Summary
of the Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/plusdoc.cfm)
- Nickles
Passes Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/dnwin.cfm)
- Nickles
Applauds the Work of Committee, Calls for Progress over Politics (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/help399.cfm)
- Nickles
Fights for Patient Freedom and Choice (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/dnmsa.cfm)
- Facts
about the Patients' Bill of Rights (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/costfct.cfm)
-
Republican Leadership Task Force Announces Plans for Patients' Bill of Rights
(http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/health106.cfm)
- H.R.
2990 Joint Conference (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/0302scon.cfm)
- Senate
Republicans Were Right (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/goprt.cfm)
- Nickles
Opens Managed Care Debate Promising to Put Patients First (http://nickles.senate.gov/legislative/releases/pbor.cfm)
- Senator
Rockefeller Signs the Patients' Bill of Rights Petition (http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/1999/pr040999.html)
-
Senator Rockefeller Holds Discussion on HMO Reform in Charleston (http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/1999/pr070799.html)
- Protect
Patients, Not HMO Profits (http://www.senate.gov/~wellstone/pboroped.htm)
- Senate
Begins Debate Today on Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~wellstone/pbor3.htm)
-
Wellstone Stands Up for Patient Protections (http://www.senate.gov/~wellstone/pbor2.htm)
-
Wellstone Urges Passage of Strong Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~wellstone/patientbill.htm)
- Democrats
Continue to Fight to Pass a Real Patients' Bill of Rights (http://www.senate.gov/~dpc/issues/pbr/FS-55-Health.pdf)