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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (153010)	6/13/2001 7:37:27 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Srexley, Bush has been part of several very questionable business transactions. Apparently they are off limits. Scumbria

To: Srexley who wrote (153010)	6/13/2001 7:39:29 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Another Bush wrong turn.......who would you rather trust, HMO's or MD's?.............................June 13, 2001 \| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several House Republicans bucked White House opposition and endorsed broader rights for Americans to sue their health plans. The development Wednesday came amid planning by Senate Democrats for work next week on similar patients' rights legislation. They quickly welcomed the support. "We've got to stop these HMOs from practicing bottom-line medicine," said Rep. Marge Roukema, R-N.J. "If we don't pass this, or the president doesn't sign it, there's going to be a voter backlash out there." She joined Georgia's Charlie Norwood and several GOP colleagues in supporting the bipartisan proposal.>b< Bush, traveling in Europe, repeated his veto threat, saying he "can't live" with a bill that does not meet his principles. The bill sets new coverage rules for health maintenance organizations and allows patients to sue in state or federal courts if they are denied needed care. "We are now left with a situation in which the only way to put patients and doctors back in charge is to pass new laws holding HMOs more accountable," said Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga. Norwood becomes a lead sponsor to the bill, also supported by Democrat John Dingell of Michigan and Republican Greg Ganske of Iowa. Norwood, who had deferred his endorsement as he negotiated with the White House, said Wednesday that the plan is "the only bill that guarantees a patient will find justice if they are injured or killed from improperly denied care." The administration supports new rules for what HMOs must cover, such as reasonable trips to the emergency room. But the White House wants to restrict lawsuits to federal courts and limit damages that injured parties could collect. Two years ago, Norwood, a dentist by training, got 68 Republicans to vote for the plan, which did not survive the GOP-led Senate.