2005 Senate Bill 333: Authorize lawsuits against HMOs

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Introduced by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on March 22, 2005, to authorize a person who is harmed by an HMO that does not exercise ordinary care when making a health care treatment decision to sue the HMO, with certain exceptions.
- Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on March 22, 2005.

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1) Accountability VS Accounts Receivable by Anonymous Citizen on March 24, 2005
It's about time the HMO's are made accountable for the individuals and families they supposedly provide coverage for under their contracts. Perhaps if this is enacted into law these organizations will be made to provide more than just the substandard care they have been doling out for so many years. Imagine a possibility of a patient and their physician being able to choose the best possible care for any given medical condition as opposed to what crumbs they may be grudgingly allowed in the present system. There are entirely too many situations in this state of people not receiving adequate medical care because the HMO is held harmless for whatver they choose to provide or not provide as a means of treatment. How many lives have to be lost for them to be made accountable?
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2) 2005 Senate Bill 333 (Authorize lawsuits against HMOs ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the Senate on March 22, 2005

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