According to one of his health care advisers, the Massachusetts Senator actually supports “meaningful but enactable” malpractice reform, according to a new report. (Mark A. Hofmann, “Adviser says Kerry supports malpractice reform”, Business Insurance Daily News, Aug. 4). The Kerry campaign website has more (scroll down). George Wallace at Decs & Exs (Aug. 4) doesn’t think there’s much here that’s new, but we’re not so sure, especially on the punitive damages language and in the failure to raise federalism objections which ordinarily are front and center in Democratic resistance to liability reform at a national level.
Kerry malpractice plan
According to one of his health care advisers, the Massachusetts Senator actually supports “meaningful but enactable” malpractice reform, according to a new report. (Mark A. Hofmann, “Adviser says Kerry supports malpractice reform”, Business Insurance Daily News, Aug. 4). The Kerry campaign website has more (scroll down). George Wallace at Decs & Exs (Aug. 4) doesn’t […]
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Who You Gonna Call? John Edwards, Malpractice Insurance Trust Buster!
It looks as though I may have missed the biggest bit of news hidden away in the Kerry-Edwards campaign’s proposals for medical malpractice reform, discussed below. In his link to the previous post, Walter Olson (Overlawyered) points out the campaign’s
Set the Wayback Machine!
Just for chuckles, let’s look at the voting results for the “Patients First Act of 2003, A bill to protect patients’ access to quality and affordable health care by reducing the effects of excessive liability costs”: Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Kerry Tort Reform Roundup
After yesterday’s “semi-seaky leaky” on Sen. Kerry’s tort reform proposals we’ve seen a modest discussion about med mal reform from Medpundit, Delcarations & Exclusions, and OL. No one has mentioned the ironic quote “I bet most people in this room…
Kerry Tort Reform Roundup
After yesterday’s “semi-seaky leaky” on Sen. Kerry’s tort reform proposals we’ve seen a modest discussion about med mal reform from Medpundit, Declarations & Exclusions, and Overlawyered. No one has mentioned the ironic quote “I bet most people in …