Not Signed In - Norwood Reintroduces Patients' Bill Of Rights Legislation
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:00 AM EST
... Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) reintroduced the original version of legislation (HR 979) to create a "patients' bill of rights" before he returned to Georgia last week to receive hospice care, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The legislation -- originally authored in 1998 by Norwood, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. [click link for full article] ...
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