Posts tagged tort reform

• Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | June 21, 2010 2:29 PM | 9 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Interesting letter in Roll Call today by Congressman Jerrold Nadler. In discussing the recent reforms of our health care system, Nadler points out that if we want to reduce the cost of malpractice...

• Loser Pays Tort Reform Would Bar All Medical Negligence Cases

  Christopher Nace | November 04, 2009 10:24 AM | 5 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A story in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution discusses a plan by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to enforce a loser pays system in medical negligence...

• Florida Families Finding Tort Reform Unjust

  Jonathan Nace | August 03, 2010 2:33 PM | 4 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Advocates of medical mapractice tort reform usually present it as a cure for an out of control civil justice system. However, a few families in Florida are now finding how unjust tort reform really...

• A Doctor's Perspective on Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | October 28, 2009 10:46 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. is a brave man. In an article he has penned for the online magazine Salon, Dr. Parikh takes on his colleagues, peers and the American Medical Association and challenges the...

• USA Today Malpractice Editorial Off the Mark

  Christopher Nace | December 29, 2008 9:23 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  A recent editorial in USA Today suggests that physicians are forced to practice defensive medicine to head off lawsuits. The editorial suggests that lawyers are the only ones benefiting from the...

• Midnight Regulations Lead to Back-Door Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | December 09, 2008 10:17 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Bush Administration is doing everything it can to protect the business community from being held responsible for injuring individuals: WASHINGTON—Railroad companies later this month...

• Medical Malpractice Liability System a Small Portion of Health Care System

  Christopher Nace | September 12, 2010 1:30 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  During last summer's debate over health care reform we heard a lot about the need for tort reform and to control the costs associated with medical liability. A recent study appearing in Health...

• Health care Reform Must Put Patients First Because Medical Errors Happen All Too Often

  Christopher Nace | November 16, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There has been a lot of emphasis during the health care reform debate on medical malpractice reform. But this report by CNN's Heidi Collins demonstrates just how frequently egregious medical errors...

• Doctors Speak Out on Malpractice

  Jonathan Nace | November 16, 2009 9:18 AM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We recently commented on Dr. Parikh's brave article in Salon Magazine. It seems this may be catching on. Dr. Richard Klein has written a book on the dangers of medical mistakes, and has a message...

• The Reality and Injustice of "Caps" on Noneconomic Damages

  Christopher Nace | October 19, 2009 10:12 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  So-called caps on non-economic damages have been making a lot of news these days as part of the health care reform debate. The idea is to limit non-economic damages--or damages for pain and...