Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - May 7, 2009
..The governor proposed using $375 million in "rainy day funds;" $107 million from a natural gas severance tax on natural gas from the Marcellus shale deposits; $61 million from an increased cigarette tax; $38 million from a new tax on cigars and smokeless tobacco; and a portion of the $700 million surplus in a fund that pays doctors' malpractice insurance claims...
Legislature 2009: Winners & Losers
The Denver Post, CO - May 7, 2009
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AWARDS (HB 1344): Would have increased the amount that injured patients could have sued doctors for and would have allowed the cap on malpractice awards to grow with inflation.
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