HR 4250 - Patient Protection bill - National Key Vote

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Title: Patient Protection bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill reforming health care practices with group health plans, HMOs, and other collective health organizations.

Highlights:

  • Allows patients to designate their gynecologist, obstetrician, or pediatric doctor as their primary care giver.
  • Requires health plans to cover emergency services as expected by a 'prudent layperson'.
  • Permits health care providers to give advice to patients without restrictions from health plans.
  • Removes many restrictions on medical savings accounts, such as limiting the number of such accounts and who can have one.
  • Limits the amount of non-economic damages received in malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 while allowing states to adjust this limit.

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