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HR 120 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act; urge Congress enact

Martin, James L (145th)	Williams, Robin L (114th)	Parrish, Larry (Butch) J (144th)
Stephens, Ron (150th)	Irvin, Robert A (45th)

Status Summary	HC:	H&E	SC:		FR:	01/28/99	LA:	02/08/99	H - Passed/Adopted (CS)

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A RESOLUTION urging the Congress of the United States to enact the Quality Health Care Coalition Act; and for other purposes.

HR 120                                             LC 9 9931S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Urging the Congress of the United States to enact The 
  1- 2  Quality Health Care Coalition Act; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, health care insurance consumers should enjoy the 
  1- 4  benefits of a full application of antitrust law; and 
 
  1- 5  WHEREAS, bipartisan legislation proposed in the Congress of 
  1- 6  the United States by Representative Tom Campbell of 
  1- 7  California and Representative Frank Pallone, Jr., of New 
  1- 8  Jersey, entitled "The Quality Health Care Coalition Act," 
  1- 9  would allow negotiations between a health maintenance 
  1-10  organization and a coalition of health care professionals 
  1-11  regarding the terms and conditions of a contract between a 
  1-12  member of such coalition and a health maintenance 
  1-13  organization and implementation of such terms and 
  1-14  conditions; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, health care professionals should be allowed to form 
  1-16  their own professional associations and bargain with the 
  1-17  HMOs and other organizations in their area rather than have 
  1-18  the federal government establish rules that specify the 
  1-19  HMO-health care professional relationship; and 
 
  1-20  WHEREAS, fully integrated competitive coalitions of doctors 
  1-21  and other health care professionals offering products and 
  1-22  services should participate in the marketplace protected 
  1-23  from antitrust laws; and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, The Quality Health Care Coalition Act will benefit 
  1-25  both health care professionals and health care insurance 
  1-26  consumers by promoting efficiency in the marketplace. 
  1-27  Because such Act would assist the addition of health care 
  1-28  professional coalitions to the health care market, 
  1-29  competition would increase; and 
 
  1-30  WHEREAS, benefits of competition have been proven recently 
  1-31  in the health care industry, as provider integration has 
  1-32  resulted in increased efficiency, higher quality of care, 
  1-33  and lower costs to employers and patients, and additional 
  1-34  networks in the marketplace can only increase these 
  1-35  benefits. 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  2- 2  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body respectfully 
  2- 3  urge the Congress of the United States to enact The Quality 
  2- 4  Health Care Coalition Act. 
 
  2- 5  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  2- 6  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  2- 7  appropriate copy of this resolution to each member of the 
  2- 8  Georgia Congressional Delegation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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