Some experts worry that cost controls in health-care reform are too cautious
Washington Post, DC - Nov 4, 2009
...None of the bills addresses medical liability, even though the Congressional Budget Office has concluded that tort reform could save $54 billion over the next decade...

Reid: Senate not bound by Obama's health deadline
Washington Times, DC - Nov 4, 2009
...The Republicans' plans include allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines; permitting groups of people or businesses to pool insurance purchases; requiring states to subsidize high-risk-insurance pools; and limiting medical malpractice awards. They plan to release the bill later this week, possibly as soon as Wednesday...

Can tort reform help save health care?
Naperville Sun, IL - Nov 4, 2009
...Although Illinois is one of a handful of states that have set a cap on malpractice awards, the Naperville resident is among those who see a limit on settlements for medical wrongdoing as a key element in the overhaul of the nation's health care system...

State: Revenues off $38m so far
Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Nov 4, 2009
...He also criticized the state's attempt to use $110 million in Joint Underwriting Association medical malpractice funds to balance the budget, a move now the subject of a state Supreme Court appeal...

G.O.P. counters with a health plan of its own
New York Times, NY - Nov 3, 2009
House Republicans have come up with an answer to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, drafting an alternative health care bill that would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits...

Graham sponsors 'loser pays' medical malpractice bill
Charleston Regional Business Journal, SC - Nov 3, 2009
...The so-called “loser pays” bill, which Graham and U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., sponsored, is meant to reduce the number of frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, the senators said...