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Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005

Date: July 28, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


HELP EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, LOW-COST, TIMELY HEALTHCARE (HEALTH) ACT OF 2005 -- (House of Representatives - July 28, 2005)

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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me this time.

I rise because this outstanding bill we are voting on today is so important to my constituency. Skyrocketing insurance premiums have been diminishing our Nation's health care delivery system for far too long. Women have been affected severely as OB/GYN doctors have stopped delivering babies because financially it does not make sense for them to practice in that area. The physicians who bring life into this world are too often forced to reject high-risk patients out of fear of future litigation. Trial lawyers continue to harass America's doctors. Physicians continue to face the burden of skyrocketing insurance premiums.

As a mother and grandmother, I know this is not acceptable. The HEALTH Act of 2005 will provide the means to take action and thwart the efforts of greedy trial lawyers. In turn, this will help Americans, specifically women, obtain better access to the health care they need and deserve. More doctors will stay in business, creating more treatment options, less expensive care, and better access to health services for all Americans.

Health care dollars should be spent on patients in the hospital, not on lawyers in a courtroom. This bill will direct more health care dollars to treating and curing patients, which is what our health care system should be about.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill, and I urge our Senators to drastically improve America's health care system by passing this bill as soon as possible.

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