House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 1:49:40 to 1:50:55
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Michael C. Burgess: speaker. i was listening to my distinguished friends on the majority. i would like to recognize a member of the committee, one of our doctors, our physicians, the honorable chael burgess of lewisville, texas, e minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one mr. burgess: i thank the

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Speech By: Michael C. Burgess

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Michael C. Burgess: gentleman for yielding. you know, last spring and summer as we got into this debate, america's doctors were pretty clear what they wanted to see if congress was going to undertake health care reform. they wanted to see some relief in the medical justice system. they wanted to see some medical liability reform. they desperately needed a fix to the payment formula in medicare that shows reductions in medicare reimbursement rates every year for as far as the

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Michael C. Burgess: eye could see and the antitrust relief. after all, we are going to ask our doctors to be part of the brave new world of health care reform. the least we can do is talk amongst themselves about the best way to deliver high-quality care at low cost. but what happened? antitrust, not in this bill. s.g.r., we'll take this up some point in the future. medical liability, a smidgen of

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Michael C. Burgess: medical liability reform in this bill. now, texas has done in the last six years what this country needs to realize would be the way to go forward in medical liability reform. caps on noneconomic damages have worked in the state of texas. you don't have to take my word for it. there are almost 15,000 new physicians that have come to