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August 2, 2001
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ANA Opposes Norwood Amendment to Patients’ Rights Bill
Washington, DC --The American Nurses Association (ANA) today urged members of the House of Representatives to vote against the Norwood amendment to H.R. 2563, the bipartisan Patient Protection Act.
The legal remedies contained in the Norwood proposal, which was announced last night by Rep. Charles Norwood (R-GA) and President Bush, would stack the deck against patients who are injured by plan decisions and would make the strong patient protections provided in the bill difficult, at best, to enforce.
ANA believes that accountability for quality, cost-effective health care must be shared among health plans, health systems, providers and consumers. The provisions of the bipartisan Patient Protection Act, as introduced, assure a truly independent appeals system and legal accountability for health plans. These provisions are reasonable and necessary for real managed care reform that is comprehensive and enforceable for all participants in the health care system.
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