Patient Centered Reform - A Common Sense Proposal

We, the undersigned leaders of state think tanks, believe that expanding the role of government in the health care market is not the change that America needs. Congress should focus on a patient-centered approach to health care reform that respects the patient-doctor relationship and empowers the patient and the doctor to make effective and economical health policy choices.

This is one of several good proposals I've seen in the last few months. Why is Congress ignoring them?