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• Sarah Palin Did Not Leave Alaska Government “For No Reason”

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  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: 109
  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. ...
  16 hours ago

• 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: ...
  19 hours ago

• Tort Reform does not save lives or reduce costs

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  Dr. Rahulk Parikh wrote an interesting and surprising  article ("The doctors lobby says capping malpractice suits will make healthcare cheaper. Im an M.D. and I dont believe it") recently about malpractice reform.  Dr. Parikh makes some great points based on his own experiences including the concept of "defensive ...
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• Does Your Injury Claims Lawyer Also Act for ICBC?

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 126
  I’ve written about this topic before and below I reproduce my previous post on Injury Lawyers working both sides of the fence.  I’m doing this because  I have been approached by a number of people who recently found out that their lawyer also acts on ICBC’s behalf in other Injury Claims.  These individuals ...
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• A Gift to the Trial Bar

  
  American Courthouse — Authority: 118
  A Wall Street Journal editorial uncovers a golden nugget for the Trial Lawyers Inc. in Senator Chris Dodd’s new financial regulatory bill.The Dodd bill “would create new civil liability for anyone ‘aiding and abetting’ those who violate the securities law, making these new defendants just as liable as people ...
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• Insurance companies profits explode

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  The American Association for Justice released an astounding statistic: medical malpractice insurance companies’ average profits are higher than those of 99 percent of Fortune 500 companies. As the nation remains mired in a debate over health care reform and how to keep down the costs of expanding coverage, AAJ is ...
  3 days ago

• Will The Right To Sue Bad Doctors Survive Health Care Reform?

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 159
  from Down With Tyranny The video ( at this link ) tells the story of Merlyna Adams– a school principal from Louisiana who sought treatment for a kidney stone. After a month of botched treatment, her body developed sepsis, a complication caused by infection. She suffered congestive heart failure, renal failure ...
  3 days ago

• Will The Right To Sue Bad Doctors Survive Health Care Reform?

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 642
  The video above tells the story of Merlyna Adams-- a school principal from Louisiana who sought treatment for a kidney stone. After a month of botched treatment, her body developed sepsis, a complication caused by infection. She suffered congestive heart failure, renal failure and pulmonary failure. The restricted ...
  3 days ago

• House Health Care Bill Comes With a 69% Capital Gains Tax Increase

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 594
  Hmmm. Unemployment is above 10%. It’s so bad, the White House will hold a “jobs summit” next month. You know, democrats still believe they can magically create jobs. Oh yes, they think they can create jobs even while racking up debt like we’ve never seen and raising taxes to pay for it. The Wall Street ...
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• Eleven National Consumer Organizations Oppose Medical Malpractice Limits

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Eleven national consumer and public interest groups whose memberships represent many millions of Americans sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging rejection of any amendments or substitutes to the health care bill that would limit the legal rights of patients injured by medical malpractice . These groups ...
  4 days ago

• >>Pelosi Health-Care Bill Lacks Malpractice Reform – WSJ.com

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 440
  Pelosi Health-Care Bill Lacks Malpractice Reform – WSJ.com You and I pay for frivolous law suits every time we walk into a doctors office.  We also pay for expensive tests that the doctor knows he doesn’t need to treat us but he orders anyhow just in case  he is sued  so he can show that everything possible ...
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• Profit Margins of Nursing Homes

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  Ken Terry, a former senior editor at Medical Economics Magazine, is the author of the book Rx For Health Care Reform and wrote the below article about the profitability of the long term care industry.  As healthcare reform starts to look probable, industry groups of all kinds are stepping up their lobbying. One of ...
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• Deadline Set for Application for Medical Liability Reform Grants

  
  Disputing — Authority: 124
  by Holly Hayes In September, President Obama authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allocate $25 million for medical liability reform pilot projects. Grant proposals may be submitted beginning December 20 and are due by January 20, 2010. Additional details on the grant application process ...
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• The Other Reason Why Medical Malpractice Reform Is Critical

  
  Better Health — Authority: 596
  There hasn’t been much discussion about serious tort reform in the current healthcare reform debate. That’s probably because most policy experts don’t believe it will make a significant dent in healthcare costs. I happen to believe that tort reform would be a huge boon for healthcare (just ask Ob/Gyns in Texas) ...
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• How litigation improves quality of care

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 426
  PressConnects.com had a great article affirming the need for litigation; the article explains how a lawsuit initiated a change in policy and quality of care at several nursing homes.  The change was a result of the Rockfrod Incident. Ortiz, bed-ridden from dementia, was a patient at a Rochester nursing home. His ...
  5 days ago

• Unemployment Skyrockets: “U.S. now beating European unemployment rates”

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 665
  Unemployment is now higher in the U.S. than in Europe ,  reports the Washington Post .  “The official U.S. unemployment rate, reported last Friday, now stands at 10.2 percent,” compared to “9.7 percent” in Europe.   This is the highest rate in more than 26 years, and marks a huge change from the recent ...
  6 days ago

• Tort Law Changes will Hurt Real Patients

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  While the House passed a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, opponents of true reform attacked injured patients . They did so despite countless studies that show that tort reform will do little to diminish health care costs in this country. Tort law changes will do practically nothing to lower the costs or ...
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• Celebrity’s Brother Did Not Get Proper Care

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Lawyers told jurors that a hospital did not do enough to care for the brother of James Woods when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006. The trial comes after the filed wrongful death lawsuit . The victim died from heart disease at the hospital after going into cardiac ...
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• There is No Need for More Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

  
  Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority: 131
  Currently tort reform laws exist in nearly every state. These laws make it more different for average people who have endured medical error to sue those responsible. It is evident that the tort reform movement was created and funded by insurance companies and the medical profession and backed by conservative ...
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