Senate advances medical malpractice priority bill

SB 239, which creates a statutory cause of action for damages against health care providers, has left the Senate and moves to the House for consideration. Bill supporters say the bill will reduce incentives for “frivolous lawsuits.” Senate leaders released a statement...

February 2015 Newsletter

  Protect Patients Now Volume 10, Issue 2 February 2015 Newsletter E-Newsletter     Special points of interest: Cure for Defense Medicine Should Include Dose of Liability Reform HCLA Supports Good Samaritan Bill to Protect Access to Care HCLA Prepares...

January 2015 Newsletter

Protect Patients Now Volume 10, Issue 1 January 2015 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: New Year, Renewed Support for Medical Liability Reform Open and Honest Champions for Good Samaritans New Year, Renewed Support for Medical Liability Reform As the...

Stefanik says Republican health care plan is coming

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik spoke with members of the Medical Society of the State of New York Saturday in Lake Placid about a Republican-led effort to reform the Affordable Care Act. The Mirror Lake Inn’s conference room was filled with around two dozen doctors and...