by PPN | Mar 9, 2011 | District of Columbia, National, New York, News
WASHINGTON — Companies that advance money to plaintiffs involved in personal injury lawsuits are campaigning in state capitals for legislation making clear that their growing industry is not subject to usury limits on interest rates or other state laws that protect...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | District of Columbia, News
A message to all physicians from Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. In the past few weeks, a lot of people in Washington have been talking about medical liability issues. This is a good thing, and I hope it means we are about to see significant...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | Montana, News
HELENA — A bill creating sweeping protections for physicians and other medical providers against malpractice lawsuits won endorsement Tuesday from the Montana House. On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the House voted 65-35 for House Bill 405, which...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | News, Texas
Texas doctors employed by the state have gained an extra layer of protection against medical liability lawsuits after a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Texas. The majority of justices ruled that plaintiffs must sue the government entity where an alleged...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | National, News
PRESIDENT OBAMA announced in his State of the Union speech that he would deal with Republicans on one of their pet issues, reform of medical malpractice. But nothing is likely to get done because congressional Democrats oppose the GOP’s trademark solution to high...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2011 | News, North Carolina
The medical malpractice reform bill Sens. Harry Brown, Tom Apodaca and I have introduced in the state Senate will drive down your health care costs and lure some of the country’s brightest doctors to North Carolina. It will give doctors a desperately needed...
