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Access to quality health care is one of the primary challenges facing North Carolina's working families. Our North Carolina values require us to reform managed care and provide a prescription drug benefit under Medicare, so that our middle class families and senior citizens are ensured affordable, quality health care. Patients' Bill of Rights Over 160 million Americans receive their health care coverage from some form of Health Maintenance Organizations. Although these HMO's have helped to control some wasteful spending, all too often, controlling costs has been more important than providing patients with quality care. Medical decisions should be made by a doctor, not an insurance company bureaucrat. I support a Patients' Bill of Rights, which would:
Prescription Medicine Benefit I strongly support providing our nation's seniors with a real prescription medicine benefit. However, any such plan must be a defined benefit that is administered under Medicare. I also support a prescription medicine plan that:
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