Healthcare
Experts Debate Relief from Rising Drug Costs
CNNFN - STREET SWEEP The lure of lower prices has led U.S. consumers to hop on buses headed north of the border,…
Jan 22, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Healthcare
California boy to be poster child for foes of Bush cap on malpractice suits
The San Diego Union Tribune On Thursday, 12-year-old Olsen and his parents will speak out against the Republican president's plan by telling…
Jan 22, 2003
Insurance
Medical Malpractice Caps Proposed by Bush
CNN; LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE JAMIE COURT, FOUNDATION FOR TAXPAYER & CONSUMER RIGHTS: It's not frivolous lawsuits that are driving this crisis. It's…
Jan 21, 2003
Insurance
California caps or Proposition 103? Lawyers, doctors debate what really brought malpractice insurance rates down
Charleston Gazette A California consumer group says insurance reform, not lawsuit caps, is responsible for a decline in the total amount state…
Jan 19, 2003
Insurance
MALPRACTICE: BUSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CAP JURY AWARDS, LIMIT LAWSUITS
American Health Line An analysis conducted by the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights found that malpractice premiums in the state…
Jan 17, 2003
Insurance
Editorial – Insurance reform is real answer
The Charleston Gazette Doctors would have legislators and others believe that this can all be attributed to malpractice tort changes. They conveniently…
Jan 17, 2003
Privacy
Bush likes California medical suit law
The Sacramento Bee "The main cause of the current malpractice crisis can be found not in the courts but the insurance industry,"…
Jan 17, 2003
Insurance
Bush Enters Fray Over Malpractice
The New York Times But many experts cite other factors, including poor investment returns and the insurers' own business practices, for making…
Jan 17, 2003
Healthcare
Bush Calls for Curbs on Medical Malpractice Suits;
Plan is viewed as a way to limit health costs. It would cap non-economic damages at $250,000, but stiff opposition is expected…
Jan 17, 2003
Insurance
Insurance Regulation, Not Malpractice Caps, Stabilize Doctors’ Premiums
FTCR compares the impact of the 1988 insurance reform (Proposition 103) on malpractice premiums, on the one hand, and the effect of…
Jan 16, 2003Bush-Backed Malpractice Caps Failed in California
State Insurance Regulation Lowered Doctors' Premiums, Data Show Insurance reforms passed by California voters in 1988 dramatically lowered doctors' medical malpractice premiums…
Jan 16, 2003
Healthcare
Bush seeks medical malpractice reform
United Press International Groups representing trial lawyers and consumers were outraged, saying Bush's action would severely limit the rights of injured patients.…
Jan 16, 2003
Insurance
Bush Renews Call For Malpractice Caps
CBS TV Evening News Consumer groups are also blasting the Bush plan, saying the insurance industry is to blame for raising premiums…
Jan 16, 2003
Healthcare
Bush Back in Malpractice Debate;
President will renew the argument that limits on lawsuit payouts will curb medical costs.The Los Angeles Times Consumer advocates argue that at…
Jan 16, 2003Bush Should Blame Insurers, Not Medical Malpractice Victims
Insurance Reform Is Answer to Malpractice Crisis
Jan 15, 2003
Insurance
Cheap car cover for LA drivers
Insurance Day As of this month, more low-income Los Angeles and San Francisco residents will qualify for cheap, bare-bones automobile insurance, and…
Jan 15, 2003
In The News
Testimony of Robert C. Baker American Board of Trial Advocates 6/22/94
Before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcomittee on Economic & Commerical Law
Jan 14, 2003
In The News
Statement of Former CA Governor Jerry Brown Concerning MICRA – 6/13/93
Download a PDF of Former Governor Jerry Brown's statement here.
Jan 14, 2003