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Pelosi-Care contains employment protection clause for Lawyers |
2009-10-31 |
The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the bill):Section 2531, entitled "Medical Liability Alternatives," establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]...... a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys' fees or imposes caps on damages. So, you can't try to seek alternatives to lawsuits if you've actually done something to implement alternatives to lawsuits. Brilliant! The trial lawyers must be very happy today! While there is debate over the details, it is clear that medical malpractive lawsuits have some impact on driving health care costs higher. There are likely a number of procedures that are done simply as a defense against future possible litigation. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#3 a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys' fees or imposes caps on damages. But of course, got to give the devil his due. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2009-10-31 12:43 |
#2 Is it me,or is her botox cracking...??? |
Posted by: crazyhorse 2009-10-31 11:11 |
#1 While there is debate over the details, it is clear that medical malpractive lawsuits have some impact on driving health care costs higher. Pelosi is simply trying to take care of some of the Dems biggest money contributors. |
Posted by: WolfDog 2009-10-31 11:06 |