PATIENTS' RIGHTS COMES OFF THE CRITICAL LIST

摘要

For years, passage of a Patients' BUI of Rights has been stalled as a de-bate rages in Washington over the potential costs and the possibility of runaway liability claims against employers. Although the public, fed up with HMO hassles, seems eager for reform, a titanic struggle among trial lawyers, insurers, and health-care providers has kept a bill of rights in legislative limbo.