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RT @pamelagorman Federal Healthcare bill to squash Tort Reform: another state's right bites the dust. http://bit.ly/47NHqF #tcot #tlot 29 days ago |
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RT @pamelagorman: Federal Healthcare bill to squash Tort Reform: another state's right bites the dust. http://bit.ly/47NHqF #fb 29 days ago |
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So Much for Tort Reform: As we dig deeper into the behemoth House health care bill, the blatant honesty of Howard De... http://bit.ly/1DN5WK 29 days ago |
Dems: You can have tort reform …
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... 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.” Jazz Shaw has the explicit language found in ...
Nancy Pelosi’s non-tort reform.
RedState —
... , including a link to the actual language and a reminder that the Democrats never had any intention of doing anything at all to disconcert trial lawyers. Which is the point that I’d like to hammer home, here: there is no reason to be surprised at this. We knew ...
Health Care Bill Helps Trial Lawyers
Liberal Values —
... Jazz Shaw points out that the House health care reform bill not only fails to meaningfully address tort reform but also makes it less likely that caps will be placed on claims for non-economic damages as many advocate. The bill provides for incentives for states to consider tort reform–as long as they don’t limit attorney fees or place a cap on damages. While conservatives greatly exaggerate the impact of malpractice on health care costs, this is still a cause of unnecessarily wasted money and those serious about reducing health care costs should address this ...
We don’t need no steenking tort reform?
neo-neocon —
... It comes as no surprise that, as the monster health care reform [sic] bill is slowly digested by those with stomachs strong enough to bear it, we discover what it has to say about tort reform: ...
