And physicians sometimes drop out of networks, forcing members to find new doctors.
Through sheer will power, it has forced officials and members of parliament to pay attention.
Forcing our active and retired members to absorb 30 percent of the cost of health care is pie in the sky.
For some, it's a tactic to weaken civil rights legislation, by forcing members to impose it on themselves.
This will force members of Congress to come up with another bill to replace Gramm-Rudman.
It has in the past occasionally forced ill or pregnant members to have to attend parliament when a party's majority was only slim.
Several members found themselves in debt after this choice, which forced members to take day jobs or temporarily join other bands.
Bills on issues like farm policy or free trade are often framed to force members to choose between constituencies - farmers and unions, for example.
Democrats charged Republicans with buying votes and forcing members to vote against their consciences.
Pearson forced members of Parliament to stay over the summer, but that did not help.