Articles of Interest

LTE: Medical Malpractice Reform

Posted on October 15th, 2011
Author: Robert Wah, Chairman, AMA | Source: New York Times
The American Medical Association appreciates that your Oct. 7 editorial “Not Their Job” acknowledged the need for tort reform and the current medical liability system’s role in driving up health costs for patients.
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Opinion: Health-care reform: We must get it right

Posted on October 14th, 2011
Author: Nicholas Pandelidis | Source: The York Daily Record
The faltering economy and the passed health-care reform bill will be the central topics of the upcoming 2012 election season. In fact, the two issues are intimately intertwined with uncontrolled health-care costs precipitating much of the economic...
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Perry defends Texas malpractice limits

Posted on October 13th, 2011
Author: Sam Baker | Source: The Hill
Supporters of Texas' medical malpractice laws — including Gov. Rick Perry — are pushing back against a report that says the laws have made healthcare worse in the state.
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Mike Huckabee paid a visit to the Coastal Bend Wednesday

Posted on October 12th, 2011
Source: KIII-TV (Online) (Corpus Christi, TX)
The former Arkansas Governor was the guest speaker at the Annual Fundraising Luncheon for Bay Area Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. The packed crowd at the Ortiz Center heard Huckabee talk about his life in and around politics.
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Convicted King of Class Actions Bill Lerach Builds Aviary, Regrets Nothing

Posted on October 12th, 2011
Author: Ann Woolner | Source: Bloomberg
Bill Lerach, the convicted felon once labeled the lawyer who brought corporate America to its knees, was giving a tour of his six-acre estate when he noticed pots of bamboo lined up at the end of the driveway. Not far from the tennis court at his ...
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Lawsuits still pouring in to beleaguered Texas windstorm agency as TWIA reform bill kicks in

Posted on October 11th, 2011
Author: Steve Miller | Source: Texas Watchdog (Online)
Hurricane Ike claims and lawsuits continue to dog the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, with 141 new cases filed in state district courts last month -- more than three years after the storm laid waste to the state’s Gulf Coast. This year has ...
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