Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of the Coalition Substitute. As many of you know, I've been involved in the health care issue for a long time. It would be shameful to take up the important issue of patient protections without doing something to protect the uninsured. It took us a while to reach this point.
Consensus takes time.
But we've got a solid, balanced approach that I urge you to support. I think so. We do not force people to sue their way to better health care. We do not provide windfalls for trial lawyers. Folks argue Texas has the right to sue and costs haven't exploded.