While Mr. Chávez receives care in Havana, doctors at state hospitals in Venezuela went on strike on Thursday to demand better salaries.
Mr Lamb said: "Everyone who receives care and support wants to know they will be protected if the company in charge of their care goes bust.
If he really is ill, then I'd feel dutybound to see that he receives care, by seeking organizations that could aid him, but not to give him money or a room in my house.
The inquiry by Mr. Cuomo focuses on a fundamental industry practice: how insurers determine what portion of a doctor or hospital bill they will pay if a patient receives care from a provider not under contract to the insurer.
This will not be an easy journey and there will inevitably be setbacks but the age of out of hospital care wrapped around a person who receives care has started.
Access to affordable childcare is a worldwide problem, particularly so in South Africa where just 16% of all children from birth to age four receives care from a government-regulated programme, according to Unicef.
