side note: In the debate over language in the Affordable Care Act, Se. Leahy of Vermont wants to include a repeal of medical malpractice insurance companies’ exemption from anti-trust laws. (AP) — MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to amend the Senate’s health care reform bill to make health and medical malpractice insurers […]

side note: This seems to be how tort reform is unfolding in almost every state with tort reforms laws that cap non-economic damage on the books—court overturns legislation; legislators re-legislate. ATLANTA — A top GOP legislator vowed that lawmakers would quickly bolster Georgia’s new tort reform laws if any pieces are struck down by the […]

side note: New York’s medical malpractice insurance crisis seems to have no solution on the horizon, yet many, many people are offering their advice. Newswise — Lee Goldman, M.D., executive vice president for health and biomedical sciences and dean of the faculties of medicine and health sciences at Columbia University testified today on medical malpractice […]

side note: Some in the California Legislature are arguing that language in the proposed Affordable Care Act would encourage the state to overturn its MICRA non-economic damage cap. One of the many contentious issues in the national health care debate is something that began 34 years ago in California when Jerry Brown, in the first […]

side note: The White House is saying that the alternative medical malpractice resolutions included in the Affordable Care Act are medical malpractice tort reforms. Charles Krauthammer and his conservative peers say that anything less than a federal non-economic damage cap is no real tort reform. The Obama White House puts to use the WhiteHouse.gov website […]

see original: While healthcare reform looks to be an inevitability, Republicans in Congress should start hammering this statistic in hopes of at least achieving some of their legislative goals. Tort reform is a reasonable hop for the party. WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The majority of Americans say federal lawmakers ought to make it more difficult for allegedly […]

side note: The state of Texas has been looked at as an example of strong tort reform, and the result has been lower medical malpractice insurance premiums as well as an influx of doctors wishing to practice in the state. In 2003, the Texas Legislature passed medical liability reforms that capped non-economic damages for injured […]

side note: Looks like this Sandwich doctor wants to scrap the system and start fresh. Her letter to the editor explains how the medical malpractice resolution system is flawed and needs to be updated in order to attract more doctors to Massachusetts. I am pleased the Sandwich Health Association is offering $30,000 toward local physician […]

side note: United States Se. Lindsey Graham is recommending a “Loser Pays” law for medical malpractice claims. In this scenario, if a patient sued his or her doctor for medical malpractice and lost, the patient would have to pay the doctor’s legal fees. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced legislation Monday that would require losing […]