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biggovernment.com - 30 days ago
Pelosi Health Care Bill Blows a Kiss to Trial Lawyers
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The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 ...
Nancy Pelosi's New Health-Care Bill
online.wsj.com - 28 days ago
Nancy Pelosi's New Health-Care Bill
— online.wsj.com — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she's prepared to lose seats in 2010 if... that's what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. The health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a "critical ... (more) Nancy Pelosi's New Health-Care Bill

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weeklystandard.com - 24 days ago
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
— weeklystandard.com — Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language... of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement ... (more) Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill ...

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breitbart.com - 10/26/2009
Pelosi: Health care
— breitbart.com — SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A government-sponsored "public option" for health care lives, though it may be more... attractive to skeptics if it goes by a different moniker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday. In an appearance at a Florida senior center, ... (more) Pelosi: Health care

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Gateway Pundit:  Of Course… Pelosi’s Bill Will Punish States Who Pass Tort Reform

Hyscience:  House Health Care Bill Prohibits States From Limiting Attorney's Fees

Flopping Aces:  Pelosi’s Health Bill: 1990 Pages. Abortions, Death Panels and Trial Lawyer Protection All Included

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Of Course… Pelosi’s Bill Will Punish States Who Pass Tort Reform
Gateway Pundit — It figures. The Pelosi Plan will punish states that limit trial lawyers’ winnings. Capital Confidential reported this at Big Government: Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes caps on damages. ...

House Health Care Bill Prohibits States From Limiting Attorney's Fees
Hyscience — Checkout Pelosicare's shocking gift to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the bill): Section 2531, entitled "Medical Liability Alternatives," establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]...... a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys' fees or itmposes caps on damages.This, in spite of the fact that congressional budget analysts have said that lawmakers could save as ...

Pelosi’s Health Bill: 1990 Pages. Abortions, Death Panels and Trial Lawyer Protection All Included
Flopping Aces — ... . And if that weren’t repellent enough Pelsoi inserted a provision which would punish state governments who attempt any kind of law suit abuse reform that would impact lawyers fees. I’m sure trial lawyers, major contributors to the Dem Party are pleased. ...

It Just Keeps Growing
Clayton Cramer's BLOG — ... Big Government points to what might one of those "something to hide" provisions, section 2531, which provides for incentive payments to states related to what are called "alternative medical liability laws" intended to make "the medical liability system more reliable through prevention of, or prompt and fair resolution of, disputes"--but then defines what those laws include: ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Abusing Their Majority
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... . It penalizes states that attempt to limit in any way the fees that plaintiffs' attorneys can get or the punitive damages that can be imposed . ...

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The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 ...
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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 ...
Protecting Trial Lawyers from Tort Reform — Commonsense & Wonder
So on pages 1431-1433 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 ...