Many Democrats back IPAB repeal but oppose Republican efforts to change medical malpractice laws.
Anesthesiologists and obgyns can pay well into six figures a year in medical malpractice premiums.
"Frankly, some tests on medical malpractice reform doesn't get it, " McCain told CNN after the speech.
Moore explains there are only a handful of jurists who preside over complex medical malpractice cases.
It took her parents nine years to hook up with Moore, a medical malpractice lawyer.
Not surprisingly, survey respondents listed the county as the worst-case-scenario venue for medical malpractice lawsuits.
The Republicans have made less progress when it comes to reforming straightforward medical malpractice.
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Mr Bush has already pushed (unsuccessfully) for laws that cap payments for medical malpractice lawsuits.
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Lawmakers must turn the current medical malpractice system on its head, by establishing "blame free" error-reporting systems.
The majority of my practice involves medical malpractice defense, but I also deal with regulatory and compliance issues.
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That means a larger health-care agenda beyond the GOP talking points of medical malpractice and cross-state insurance purchases.
It might also help you to know that medical malpractice accounts for 2 percent of our healthcare economy.
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But he pointed out -- and adopted -- good GOP ideas, such as medical malpractice reform and Sen.
Still believe medical malpractice claims are the cause of escalating health insurance coverage?
This year he started an insurance company in Bermuda that will soon sell medical malpractice and workers' compensation coverage.
They also call for limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, which Democrats don't favor.
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Bill Ginsburg, a California medical malpractice attorney, had virtually no criminal law background.
This is not to say there is no room for real improvement in how we deal with specious medical malpractice claims.
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Further, the bill would be a boon for trial lawyers: Most company health plans would be exposed to medical malpractice lawsuits.
The average award for medical malpractice has risen, as have liability premiums.
Given the small percentage of the health care dollar spent on medical malpractice issues, that would hardly appear to be the case.
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Bush says it is critical to place caps on damages in medical malpractice suits -- and in drawing a contrast with Sen.
Defendants in medical malpractice lawsuits might have the cards stacked against them in a court that tends to favor defendants in mass-tort suits.
In February, the Jefferses filed a lawsuit against Sacramento's Methodist Hospital alleging medical malpractice and negligent infliction of shock and emotional distress.
The bureaucracy of health care "risk management" was born in the 1970s and '80s, ostensibly in response to the growth of medical malpractice litigation.
Add to all this the explosion in lawsuits over perceived medical malpractice and it is clear why doctors want to do all the tests.
The time and energy spent by a physician on a medical malpractice claim is valuable time and energy taken away from caring for patients.
Are they on the hook for medical malpractice claims if a patient reacts badly to an OTC med she asked to get a prescription for?
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And yet, the politicians who point the finger at medical malpractice as a chief cause of our problems have not caught up to this reality.
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Ted Poe and Louie Gohmert are concerned that the proposed federal law will override the limits already placed on medical malpractice claims in their home state.
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