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Whaat?! RT @AACONS: Pelosi for tort reform if doesn't “limit attorneys’ fees or put caps on damages.” Huh? http://tinyurl.com/yam48up #tcot 25 days ago |
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A Gift for the Lawyers http://tinyurl.com/yam48up Nice going, Nancy! #obamacare #tcot 26 days ago |
Anti-reform incentives in House health bill
Overlawyered —
Jennifer Rubin at Commentary has the scoop on how the bill’s language will reward states financially if they do not “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages”.
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Protecting Trial Lawyers from Tort Reform
Commonsense & Wonder —
... of the Health Care reform bill they talk about a program giving incentive payments to states who try alternative medical liability reforms. However, they would not be able to receive these incentive payments if the reforms limit attorney fees or cap damage payments. So basically you can try anything other than the solutions that might actually work. So corrupt. (hat tip: Commentary) ...
Buried on page 1431: Potemkin tort reform
Overlawyered —
Commentary’s Jennifer Rubin notices:
A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi health-care bill. Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990-page spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look ...
So Much for Tort Reform
The Moderate Voice —
... I first saw this item noted by Jennifer Rubin and she quickly sent me scrambling to dig back into the bill. You see, the bill includes one section with the hopeful sounding title, “Medical Liability Alternatives.” (This is section 2531, ...
Dems: You can have tort reform …
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Remember how concerned Democrats have been during the health-care system overhaul debate at eliminating unnecessary costs? They had an opportunity to save $54 billion over the next ten years from the deficit by enacting tort-reform laws that removes the financial incentive from defensive medicine and protects providers through common-sense limitations on damages, such as those already in place in California and a handful of other states. Jen Rubin at Commentary notices that Nancy Pelosi’s bill does actually allow for tort reform on pages 1431-1433 of the 1990-page behemoth, ...
Nancy Pelosi’s non-tort reform.
RedState —
Jen Rubin:
Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look — you don’t get the incentive if you have a law that would “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.” ...
A little Pelosi gift for the trial lawyers
Betsy's Page —
Jennifer Rubin reports on this little present in Pelosi's bill for the trial lawyers. Remember Obamaâs effort to try a âtestâ for tort reform? (We donât actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosiâs bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try âalternative medical liability laws.â But look â you donât get the incentive if you have a law that would âlimit ...
