by PPN | Aug 27, 2020 | Michigan
SOURCE: The Detroit News Chris Hayes, MSNBC: “Is the liability protection language acceptable to you?” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.): “Not at all. It is so extreme. You heard — you said before what [Sen. Mitch] McConnell said, ‘We need things not...
by PPN | Aug 27, 2020 | National
SOURCE: AMA Opposition has emerged to a bipartisan bill before Congress that would provide targeted and limited liability protections to physicians and other health care professionals delivering care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arguments being used against the...
by PPN | Aug 27, 2020 | Michigan, National, Newsletter
Just the facts: COVID-19 liability reforms As the need to head off a COVID-19 medical liability crisis grows, the American Medical Association (AMA) highlights the Health Coalition on Liability and Access’ (HCLA’s) advocacy efforts in building support for the facts of...
by PPN | Jul 31, 2020 | California, National, Newsletter
Senate stimulus bill introduced with COVID-19 liability protections A second economic stimulus bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week (S. 4317, the “Safeguarding America’s Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy Act” or...
by PPN | Jul 31, 2020 | California
SOURCE: California Dental Association An initiative that would substantially raise health care costs for all Californians, reduce access to health care and harm patients most in need has qualified for the 2022 ballot. The measure would significantly alter MICRA,...
