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 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....
by PPN | Dec 16, 2013 | Missouri, News
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri lawmakers plan to try again to limit how much money people can receive in medical malpractice lawsuits. Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones said the liability limits are a priority for the 2014 session. And Rep. Eric Burlison of Springfield...
by PPN | Dec 9, 2013 | News
For people who had been awaiting the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in order to obtain health insurance for the first time, the major problem associated with American healthcare has been a lack of access to it. But for a surprising number of Americans, the greater...
