by PPN | Feb 26, 2025 | Arkansas, latest_news, National, News
A controversial tort reform bill will be sent to Gov. Sarah Sanders’ desk after the state Senate narrowly approved the legislation on Thursday. If signed by the governor, House Bill 1204 would limit the amount of damages plaintiffs can recover for medical bills in...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | latest_news, National, News
Welcome, members of the 119th Congress. You have a tremendous opportunity to bring meaningful and long-overdue changes to health care that will better support physicians, remove barriers for patients, and improve access to care for millions of your constituents. To...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | latest_news, National, News, North Carolina
As North Carolina’s health care systems increasingly expand their use of artificial intelligence, state leaders say they want to pioneer policy to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. The efforts would be some of the first steps toward placing guardrails on AI...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2025 | Georgia, latest_news, National, News
ATLANTA (AP) — After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are doubling down with a new push. Supporters, most prominently business groups, call the state a “judicial hellhole,” and argue that businesses are...
by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | Iowa, latest_news, National, News
‘Courts have long recognized the danger that juries will be unfairly influenced by findings of ‘purportedly unbiased’ agencies, like the FDA’ The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a $97.4 million verdict against an OBGYN clinic in Coralville and ordered a new trial —...
by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | latest_news, Michigan, National, News
On December 4, 2024, the House Committee on Judiciary reported House Bill 6085, legislation that would dismantle medial liability provisions that have helped to stabilize Michigan’s liability environment for the past 30 years, to the full House of Representatives for...