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Americans for Insurance Reform
New Consumer Fact Sheets on Medical Liability, Tort Reform and National Health Care
May 30th, 2009
Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) has released 14 new "fact sheets" covering various medical malpractice and tort issues that may be part of discussions by Congress and the Administration in developing national health care proposals. The "fact sheets" together support the view that the legal rights of injured patients should be preserved and that any weakening of those rights will unfairly burden malpractice victims. They also show that eliminating medical malpractice claims will result in negligible health care savings while increasing errors and their costs. Joanne Doroshow, AIR co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Justice & Democracy, said, "AIR and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-30)
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