House health-care negotiations end night without a deal
CNN - Jul 29, 2009
...Republicans oppose a government-funded option and any requirement for employers to provide coverage. They also call for limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, which Democrats don't favor. But the parties agree on a number of provisions...

Capitol rally in Denver protests "Obamacare"
The Denver Post, CO - Jul 29, 2009
..."This is not the kind of health care change we want!" shouted Jeff Crank with Americans for Prosperity, which organized the rally. "We demand something different." Instead, protesters advocated for tort reform to cut down on malpractice costs and making health insurance "portable" from job to job...

Lobbyists sue Colorado trial attorneys
The Denver Post, CO - Jul 29, 2009
...The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association is being sued by its lobbying firm, the latest step in an apparent fallout following a failed effort to increase medical-malpractice caps...

Interview - Gov. Pawlenty: Current health care plan not reform, builds upon broken system
Fox News - Jul 29, 2009
...there's a number of common sense things that we could do on a bipartisan basis to move this country forward on much-needed health care reform. They include these things. First of all, let's get rid of junk lawsuits and make sure we have medical malpractice reform...

Editorial: Include tort reform
The Day, New London, CT - Jul 29, 2009
...glaringly absent is talk of tort reform to bring down the cost of frivolous malpractice lawsuits, excessive damage awards and the resultant defensive medical practices and high insurance premiums...

Opinion - Dennis Burke: Healthcare reform must consider primary drivers of cost
East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR - Jul 28, 2009
...Trial lawyers are quick to point out that liability judgments are but a small part of the overall cost of healthcare - and they are correct. But the threat of malpractice liability is nonetheless a huge driver of healthcare costs...

Opinion - Charles Arlinghaus: Keeping an eye on the new budget
The Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Jul 28, 2009
...One source generating concern in Concord is $110 million the state wants to take from a medical malpractice fund called the Joint Underwriting Association. This is the subject of a lawsuit, and I've written about it frequently. We'll know this week, but a growing number of people inside government believe the state will lose this case...