The recent Supreme Court's ERISA decision that patients can't sue HMOs in state courts if they've been injured as a result of the HMO's refusal to treat something. Patients can sue in federal courts, but there they only win the amount of the benefit missed and can't get punitive damages. The Cpurt's decision invalidates portions of a Texas patients' rights bill that was passed in 1997 without the signature of then-Gov. Bush. In 2000, Bush trumpeted the bill as a model of bipartisan progress. "If I'm president," Bush said during a debate, "people will be able to take their HMO insurance company to court. That's what I've done in Texas, and that's the kind of leadership style I'll bring to Washington." During this Supreme Court case, the administration, as the Post puts it, "echoed" the HMOs' stance and argued for limiting access to courts. And as the Post also explains, the administration says it supports revising the law to allow suits, but wants strict limits on damage awards, something many supporters of the bill oppose.
...Another promise kept int he best Bush fashion, right up there with "Read my lips, no new taxes....".