WMGT-DT, Macon, GA - Sep 15, 2009
Georgia's top court is set to decide the fate of a 2005 law that limits pain and suffering damages awarded in medical malpractice cases...
Bipartisan Baucus plan may leave Democrats cold
Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, FL (Associated Press) - Sep 15, 2009
...The negotiators pared the cost of their 10-year coverage plan to under $880 billion, and also reported progress Monday on several issues, including health insurance for the poor, restrictions on federal funding for abortions, a verification system to prevent illegal immigrants from getting benefits, and ways to encourage alternatives to malpractice lawsuits...
Partisan battles take center stage in health debate
NBC Philadelphia, PA - Sep 15, 2009
...The Senate Gang of Six received legislative language Monday from staff on providing federal funding to the states to experiment with medical malpractice reform programs...
Malpractice plan low on support
The Washington Times, DC - Sep 15, 2009
When President Obama reached across the aisle in his health care speech to Congress last week by directing the Department of Health and Human Services to authorize state experiments to reform malpractice law, he managed to disappoint both Republicans, who saw it as an empty gesture, and trial lawyers, who felt betrayed by a Democratic ally...
Editorial: Obama's malpractice lip service
The Washington Times, DC - Sep 15, 2009
An exceedingly brief discussion of "malpractice reform" was the only noteworthy bone President Obama threw to Republicans in his health care speech Wednesday night. It wasn't a serious offer of reform...
Malpractice provisions in health legislation would hit big contributors to Congress
The New York Times, NY - Sep 14, 2009
...Time will tell, of course. But so far in the 2010 election cycle, lawyers and law firms have given incumbent members of Congress more money than any other industry has given ...
Editorial: Malpractice suits aren't driving the high cost of health care
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Sep 14, 2009
Plenty of reasons exist to support medical malpractice reform. Doing it to slow the dizzying growth in health care spending isn’t among them...
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