by PPN | Feb 18, 2014 | California, News
Lawyers and consumer groups are getting signatures for a ballot measure to increase 1975’s pain and suffering limit of $250,000. Doctors and insurers have already raised $33 million to fight it. SACRAMENTO — A protracted political battle over California’s...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2014 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2014 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: State of our Liability System Health Care Reform Proposal by Senate Republicans Addresses Liability SOS – Save our (Health Care) System Business and Health Groups...
by PPN | Jan 23, 2014 | News
FRANKFORT — Several major health care providers and business organizations in Kentucky have formed a new coalition in hopes of eliminating “meritless” medical malpractice lawsuits. The new group, called Care First Kentucky Coalition, will push for...
by PPN | Jan 6, 2014 | California, News, Texas
A new essay in the journal Health Affairs proposes that tackling tort reform on the federal level could convince doctors to agree to bigger changes in the U.S. health care system. Photo illustration by DNY59. It’s a scenario most people have considered at least...
by PPN | Jan 2, 2014 | District of Columbia, News
For millions of Americans who experience sudden, serious illness or injury every year—and in the increasing scores of communities that must respond to disasters and mass casualty events—immediate access to quality emergency care is essential to saving life and limb....
