In recent years, various politicians have begun to call for federal tort reform efforts in order to limit the amount of compensation that medical malpractice victims can pursue for damages. In fact, the House of Representatives has, in the past month ... Read more »
OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Medical malpractice redux in the House – Thehill.com
The House Judiciary Committee will mark up medical malpractice legislation on Tuesday, even though the full House passed identical legislation just last month. Huh, you ask? That's right Read more »
Early offer’ malpractice more like bait and switch – Nashua Telegraph
“Early offer to settle,” as contained in SB 406 now before the House of Representatives, is a perfect sound-bite manufactured by medical malpractice insurance carriers to convince the Legislature that there is a better way to resolve medical malpractice claims. Read more »
Sandra Fluke not the Only Woman being Silenced – Opposing Views
The House of Representatives is currently considering a bill, H.R. 5, which would reform medical malpractice laws. Several Congresswomen drafted an amendment to this bill which would have limited the bill’s malpractice protections if the malpractice ... Read more »
Sandra Fluke not the Only Woman being Silenced – Opposing Views
The House of Representatives is currently considering a bill, H.R. 5, which would reform medical malpractice laws. Read more »
Medical malpractice bill would strip antitrust exemption for health insurers – Business Insurance
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Malpractice reform, IPAB repeal, NIH funding among hot topics on Capitol Hill – News-Medical.Net
In a letter to members of the House, Public Citizen said the tort reform measure would "prove devastating to medical malpractice victims, overturn numerous state laws and escalate the costs of existing government programs by saddling the state ... Read more »
House IPAB repeal linked to tort reform legislation – News-Medical.Net
Politico: GOP Links IPAB Repeal And Malpractice Reform IPAB repeal legislation began to hemorrhage Democratic support Monday, after Republicans said they intend to pair the broadly popular House bill with a more partisan medical malpractice ... Read more »
IPAB repeal to be tied to malpractice legislation – McKnight’s
House Republicans plan to tie the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board to medical malpractice legislation when Congress resumes next week. The bill to repeal IPAB, H.R. 452, passed both the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means ... Read more »
Special interests may derail PIP reforms – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
So even as the Florida Medical Association is pressing this session for new limits on medical-malpractice suits — limits opposed by the trial lawyers — it's joining the lawyers to oppose the House PIP bill because it would impose attorney ... Read more »