NEWS RELEASE: SANTORUM OVER-ESTIMATES TRIAL LAWYER
INFLUENCE ON MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BILL, MAKES UP
FACTS ABOUT HEALTH CARE COSTS
"In a...BNA article, Senator Rick Santorum said trial
lawyers 'almost exclusively' are responsible for the
failure of medical malpractice legislation in the
Senate....The bill won't pass, but he's wrong about
the reason
.
* The malpractice bill will fail because a bipartisan
majority of the Senate isn't comfortable with a law
that says the life of no child, no spouse, no
parent is worth more than $250,000.
* A bipartisan majority of the Senate refuses to pass
a law that is advertised as about frivolous suits
but actually limits the rights of all victims, no
matter how serious the injury or how bad the
negligence by the doctor, drug maker, or nursing
home.
* A bipartisan majority of the Senate knows their
constituents don't support a bill that in the name
of doctors-gives immunities and protections from
lawsuits to insurance companies, HMOs, negligent
nursing homes, and the manufacturers of deadly
drugs like Vioxx."
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Todd A. Smith, President, Association Of
Trial Lawyers Of America, 04/19/2005
For complete press release, see http://www.atla.org/ConsumerMediaResources/Tier3/press_room/president/Smith050419.aspx
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"State Pulls Doctor's License; Performed Over 2,000
Abortions Without Liability Insurance,"
Bucks County Courier Times, 04/20/2005
For complete story, see http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-04202005-478523.html
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