by PPN | Mar 31, 2011 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 6, Issue 3 MARCH 2011 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: HEALTH Act Scores Big Lawsuit Loan Sharks Protecting Patients and Providers Reform 2.0 for Florida HEALTH Act Scores Big As the HEALTH Act makes its way through the...
by PPN | Mar 27, 2011 | Florida, News
TALLAHASSEE — Republican lawmakers struggling to contain Florida’s $20 billion-and-growing Medicaid program are taking an unconventional approach: They’re going after trial lawyers and the rights of injured patients to sue. Although lawsuits, insurance...
by PPN | Mar 11, 2011 | News
A House bill that caps noneconomic damages in malpractice cases at $250,000 and enacts other reforms to curb frivolous lawsuits against clinicians would reduce the federal deficit by $40 billion from 2011 to 2021, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)....
by PPN | Mar 9, 2011 | District of Columbia, National, New York, News
WASHINGTON — Companies that advance money to plaintiffs involved in personal injury lawsuits are campaigning in state capitals for legislation making clear that their growing industry is not subject to usury limits on interest rates or other state laws that protect...