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."
[Homestead] Medical malpractixe "deform",
tvoivozhd, 01/21/2005