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Health Care

October 30, 2009

And You Say the Dems Aren’t in Bed With the Trial Lawyers?

Get this, from Breitbart:

[C]heck out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the [House healthcare] 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!

Finder’s fee: Drudge

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