World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-10-07
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[0:03] The number one newscast
[0:05] >> maker of a popular diet drug are offered
[0:07] a financial deal by the company which
[0:09] makes [music] it.
[0:11] Searching for privacy on the internet,
[0:13] email that will self-destruct. The
[0:15] millennium crisis in one of the world's
[0:17] great cities. And we'll take a closer
[0:20] look at the vastly better price for
[0:22] prescription drugs just across the
[0:25] border in Canada.
[0:27] >> [music]
[0:32] [music]
[0:33] >> From ABC News world headquarters in New
[0:36] York.
[0:37] This is World News Tonight with Peter
[0:40] Jennings.
[0:40] >> Good evening. The House of
[0:41] Representatives has decided [music]
[0:43] today that Americans who get their
[0:44] health care through HMOs should have the
[0:46] right to sue their HMOs if they are
[0:49] denied satisfactory or sufficient care.
[0:52] The House is clearly responding to
[0:54] public support for the right to sue,
[0:56] which has already won favor in several
[0:58] states. The health care industry is
[1:00] passionately opposed and the legislative
[1:03] process is not yet over, but it is a
[1:04] very big step today. Here's ABC's Linda
[1:07] Douglas.
[1:09] >> Some House members had to make their way
[1:11] through throngs of lobbyists on their
[1:13] way into the House chamber. Others were
[1:15] met by the head of the American Medical
[1:16] Association. His plea, give patients the
[1:19] right to sue their HMOs.
[1:21] >> Come on in, let's talk.
[1:23] >> Republicans fought against the patients'
[1:24] bill of rights because they believe
[1:26] lawsuits will drive up the cost of
[1:27] health insurance.
[1:28] >> And when they sue, they will not just
[1:31] sue the HMO.
[1:34] They will sue everybody in sight
[1:36] including the employer.
[1:38] >> But their arguments were