Medical Malpractice and Antitrust Issues in Health Care Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Third ... Session, May 12, 1994 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Medical Malpractice and Antitrust Issues in Health Care Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, May 12, 1994

The hearing was convened, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m., in room SD-215, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Chairman of the Committee) presiding.

Also present: Senators Baucus, Rockefeller, Daschle, Conrad, Dole, Roth, Chafee, Durenberger, Grassley and Hatch.

[The press release announcing the hearing follows:]

[Press Release No. H-34, May 10, 1994]

Finance Committee Sets Hearing on Medical Malpractice

Washington, DC. - Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, announced today that the Committee will continue its examination of health care issues with a hearing on medical malpractice and antitrust issues.

The hearing will begin at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 12, 1994, in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

"The Committee will examine the costs of medical malpractice and the effect that proposed changes in malpractice laws would have on our health care system." Senator Moynihan said in announcing the hearing. "In addition, we will explore the role that antitrust laws should play in ensuring that a reformed health care system delivers quality care and consumer choice at reasonable prices."

Opening Statement Of Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a U.S. Senator From New York, Chairman, Committee On Finance

The Chairman. A very good morning to our most distinguished witness. Senator Hatfield will be followed by Senator Harkin and Senator Metzenbaum.

Might I just say that this morning we come to the last of our hearings on health care reform and we have been at this a considerable while and we would like to think to some advantage.

The committee held its first hearing on the matter of the administration's health budget on the 1st of April in 1993. So we have been at this for a good deal of time. We have been at it on a sustained, more or less, weekly basis since Mrs. Clinton presented to us the Health Security Act, which as Chairman I had introduced just at that point. This was last fall and there have been regular meetings ever since.

We have, for those who would be interested, there is a list of the hearings.

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