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Republicans unsatisfied with Obama malpractice reform stand
In his much-discussed speech last week, President Obama took what could be considered a very lukewarm stand on malpractice reform, promising only to ask HHS to conduct demonstration projects that... Read more...
AMA, Sermo online service battle over AMA policies
A couple of years ago, the American Medical Association and online physician community Sermo struck a much-ballyhooed partnership. For a while, the two parties seemed comfortably intertwined, but in... Read more...
OK enacts major tort reforms
The state of Oklahoma has enacted a package of tort reform laws that includes several new protections for physicians. The new legislation places a $400,000 cap on non-economic damages in most cases,... Read more...
Judge overturns GA's medical malpractice damages limit
A Georgia judge has struck down the state's cap on monetary awards in medical practices, a move that could remake the state's 2005 tort reform law. The judge held that the state's $350,000 cap on... Read more...
