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• Congressman Fights for Patient Safety

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Representative Bruce Braley gave a last-minute speech about medical errors moments before the House voted on the health reform bill earlier this month. He asked who was supposed to speak for the patients. He quoted an Institute of Medicine report stating that, “[t]he most significant way to reduce the cost of ...
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• Theres no proof tort reform reduces health costs

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 149
  It’s not as rare as you think for President Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin to be in complete agreement on an issue of national importance. In August, she wrote on her Facebook page that “we cannot have health care reform without litigation reform.” Speaking to the American Association of family physicians a ...
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• Malpractice Myths Debunked

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  The following is a press release from the AAJ.  New Paper Debunks Malpractice Myths  As enemies of health care reform spread lies and mistruths about medical negligence, a new white paper tackles the issue head-on, debunking the most common myths with sound science and research while refuting the hyperbole and ...
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• November 23 roundup

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 620
  “Ten Ways Lawyers Rip Off Clients” [ Lawrence Delevingne and Gus Lubin, Business Insider ] White House visitor logs contain more entries for trial lawyer lobbyist Linda Lipsen (5x) than for Hillary Clinton (3x) (h/t ShopFloor) Time magazine has a cover story on child overprotectiveness [ Free-Range Kids ] ...
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• Nursing Home Industry Profits doing well.

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  Five Star Quality Care 3rd Qtr Results here and press release  here .   Total revenues increased 5.9% to $297.2 million; net income $4.1 million.  Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services company.  Five Star owns or leases and operates 206 senior living communities with 21,953 ...
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• THE PATIENT OR THE STATE? -- BY DR. C. L. GRAY, The Washington Times

  
  COURAGE IN AMERICA — Authority: 168
  Whoever pays holds the power to choose Americans are among the most compassionate people on Earth. We all want our fellow citizens to have access to quality health care. Who argues with that sentiment? In this context, government compassion sounds so noble. But the fact remains: Whoever pays holds the power to ...
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• ‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 441
  A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, ...
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• HarryCare: Increased Taxes & Subsidized Abortions Among Other Problems

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
  I’ve already written that the health care reform bill that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced includes tax increases , some of which, start in 2010, while the legislation’s answer to health care reform won’t start until 2014. The Senate’s version of the health care reform includes a mandate for Federally ...
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• Medical Industry maintains status as highest paid jobs

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  I have seen two lists that discuss the highest paid jobs.  One list is based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the other is from Forbes Magazine .  Both are dominated by health care professionals and show that there is clearly no need for tort reform. 1. Anesthesiologists : $197,340. (And ...
  5 days ago

• New Report: An Empire Disaster

  
  American Courthouse — Authority: 123
  Earlier this week the New York Daily News ran a great op-ed co-authored by Lawrence McQuillan of the Pacific Research Institute and Mark Kriss, head of New Yorkers for Lawsuit Reform.  The piece describes how lawsuit abuse is harming New York state’s economy and how trial lawyers and their friends in the state ...
  6 days ago

• Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 441
  Ninety-two percent of the almost 2,000 physicians who responded to a Jackson Healthcare survey of physicians agree with Dr. Chad Hewitt. The number one way to reduce health care costs may be tort reform.While Dr. Hewitt, a podiatrist friend of mine in the Kansas City area who’s been in private practice for three ...
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• Joanne Doroshow Describes Tort Reform

  
  Justinian Lane - Commentary on law, politics, and tort "reform." — Authority: 129
  This woman is my hero.  I’d say she’s my heroine, but then people would probably accuse me of being a drug addict. Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it. Tort reform laws, which now exist it nearly every state (although youd never guess that ...
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• If Loser Pays is So Great, Why Not Have it In Criminal Cases?

  
  Justinian Lane - Commentary on law, politics, and tort "reform." — Authority: 129
  One of the current suggestions to fix our healthcare system is to enact a system known as “loser pays,” in which the loser of a lawsuit is forced to pay the legal costs of the winner.  Tort reform advocates suggest that this change would fix many problems with our civil justice system.  To them I ask why not ...
  6 days ago

• Two Good Questions on Obamacare

  
  Gene's Blog — Authority: 476
  (Compliments of moonbattery.com, via “Conan”
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• Medical Malpractice Reform Can Have an Unhealthy Impact

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Tort reform proponents assert that medical malpractice costs are a significant factor in rising health care costs, yet they are clearly wrong. Medical malpractice premiums account for only a tiny fraction of our medical bills and have not risen the way that health care costs have. Also, tort reform advocates ...
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• Reids Healthcare Bill: 2074 Pages For Your Reading Pleasure

  
  Right Voices — Authority: 124
  via Reid: I’m So Totally Stoked My Health Care Reform Bill Will “Save” $127 Billion Over Ten Years, Which Is Less than October’s One Month Deficit . 2074 Pages… And senators will have a full three days to read it before voting.
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• Our healthcare system is great, if you ignore all those people who can’t afford it

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 149
  State Rep. John Zerwas demonstrates that being a physician doesn’t make you qualified to talk about health care reform . His article is as embarrassingly idea-free as his national colleagues’ plan was. After the usual paean to tort “reform” and invective about government employees getting between you and ...
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• Sarah Palin Did Not Leave Alaska Government “For No Reason”

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  This is one reason why we NEED overall general tort reform. Juan Williams and Bob Schieffer had best stop trying to rewrite history. Both of these guys claim either Gov. Sarah Palin left her position as governor for no reason or she could not handle the job. Both are lies. Both are liars and I’m sick of it. For those ...
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• Bryan Zepp Jamieson: Monkeys on a Stick

  
  The Lonesome Mongoose — Authority: 112
  The grotesque dance of corporate legislators. Bryan Zepp Jamieson, November 15, 2009 One of the early fallouts of “tort reform”, the ongoing drive by corporations to put themselves beyond the reach of the law, has been the widespread use of waivers mandating private arbitration in the event of any dispute. ...
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• Video Highlights 98,000 People Who Die Annually From Medical Error

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Every year 98,000 people die from preventable medical error . The families of the victims are now faced with more pain as Republicans seek to tighten tort law. These would hinder the victims of medical error from receiving appropriate settlements. To view the video, please click below. 98000reasons.org: ...
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