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OPINION: Alaska’s legal climate far from harsh
Obamacare has been passed with great fanfare, but many Americans, unsure how the massive government program will work for them, are taking to the streets voicing their protests. Personal injury lawyers, on the other hand, are drinking champagne and voicing their...
Health Groups Praise Second Bipartisan Debt Reduction Plan To Include Medical Liability Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – The Health Coalition on Liability and Access today praised the release of a second debt reduction plan to include proven medical liability reforms, such as reasonable limits on non-economic damages. The broad coalition of health groups is pleased that...
Health Groups Applaud Debt Commission Co-Chairs’ Support for Liability Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – The Health Coalition on Liability and Access today applauded the Co-Chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform for their endorsement of comprehensive medical liability reform in draft proposals of solutions to cut our...
Medical liability: Lawsuit chances take a toll
Our actions are influenced even when the odds are in our favor. So we save receipts (tax audit risk, 1 in 100), change the smoke detector battery (fire-related fatality odds, 1 in 1,235), and think twice about standing in the rain (chance of being struck by lightning,...
Medical groups call to stop tax deduction for trial lawyers
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 90 other medical organizations on Thursday sent a letter to the Treasury Department expressing their opposition to a change in tax policy that would allow trial lawyers to deduct certain litigation expenses. "Changing the tax...
Gingrey & Fleming: Medical Liability Bill Key to Health Reform
Just over three months ago, President Barack Obama signed “ObamaCare” into law — with the promise that the reform bill would lower costs, increase access to quality care and preserve the great tradition of American medical care. Clearly, however, as has become more...
Medical malpractice insurance bill clears House subpanel
A bill that would have the federal government cover medical malpractice costs for physicians who volunteer at community health centers cleared the Energy and Commerce panel's health subcommittee on Thursday. The sponsors of the bipartisan Family Health Care...
What happened to tort reform?
Ignoring tort reform does no one any justice and essentially drives up the cost we all pay. It wasn't long ago that the Congressional Budget Office determined that medical liability reform, also known as tort reform, could save our country money in health-care...
Majority of physicians believe concerns over malpractice lawsuits result in “defensive medicine”
A survey by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers has found that 91 percent of physicians believe concerns over malpractice lawsuits result in "defensive medicine," ordering more tests and procedures than necessary as a protective measure. The study, which...
Continue health reform
News that the Norwich OB/GYN Group is closing is evidence that the job of reforming the health care system is not over. The closing will be a hardship for the 5,000 patients who now have to seek care elsewhere. It creates a potential shortage in obstetric and...