On August 13, Rep. Waxman, along with Reps. John Dingell and Sherrod Brown, sent a letter to President Bush regarding the Administration´s attempts to undermine key measures to protect against managed care abuses. On August 2, President Bush publicly endorsed H.R. 2563, a patient rights bill that calls for the same patient protections for patients covered by Medicaid as for those with privately insurance. However, just two weeks later, on August 16, the Administration moved to delay and weaken patient rights in the Medicaid program. Rep. Waxman, along with Reps. John Dingell and Sherrod Brown, exposed this glaring contradiction in a letter to President Bush. Reps. Waxman, Dingell, and Brown prepared a comparison between H.R. 2563 and pending Medicaid patient protections.