Testimony Hits the Bullseye Robert L. Weinmann, MD, President of the UAPD, was there to testify for the bill and to answer questions. He pointed out that patients don't know what benefits they'll need when they sign up with what they believe is a full service health care plan.
Nobody plans on needing a kidney transplant.
When patients get the bad news, it is too late to change plans. The trick is to pass SB 21 before that happens. In Texas such a law passed in September of l997. Despite horrified bleats from the insurance companies that the floodgates would be opened to lawsuits, there's been only one. What the doctors say is that they're treated with more respect since passage of this legislation and that the Denial Clerks are much more likely to listen to the doctors.