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[tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

One more pack of lies from the Master of Deceit---the real purpose and 
effect of his proposed malpractice legislation is to shift the cost of 
medical injury from corporations to injured individuals.

The truth is as described below in a Molly Ivins Star Telegram excerpt.



"In Texas, we have had tort deform up to our ears. Med-mal, as medical 
malpractice insurance is known in legislative circles, has been 
tort-deformed out the wazoo here -- $250,000 award caps for docs, the 
whole ball of wax.

Net result? Proposed rate increases for three of the state's largest 
med-mal carriers up 16.6 percent to 35.2 percent. In Oklahoma, up 83 
percent over three years for the largest med-mal provider. Ohio, 10 
percent to 40 percent is the range of expected rate increases by the 
five major carriers, etc. Doesn't work."