Sen. Marvin Singleton, R-Newton County, said his constituents had no need for the bill. He said, "they need more corporate welfare like my dog needs more ticks."
Aside from medical directors and other non-practicing physicians who work in managed care companies, there has been little opposition from medical practitioners, said Sen. Marvin Singleton, R-Joplin. Singleton, a physician, supports the regulation package.
"Because of my experience, my training and work with patients, perhaps I have a slightly jaundiced eye toward (the HMO debate)," said Sen. Marvin Singleton, the only Missouri legislator who is a physician.
"I started urging the Attorney General to file a lawsuit in April and May of 1996. Recently I wrote him again. Each time he has sat back and waited," said Sen. Marvin Singleton, R-Joplin.
Senator Marvin Singleton, a member of the Public Health and Welfare Committee, voiced concern about which companies would receive the recipient's aid, calling the reimbursemnet a form of corporate welfare.