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Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 03:41 PM EDT Contributed by: James Views: 635
Page 2 ABA Washington Letter July 2006
July 2006 ABA Washington Letter Page 3
The ABA, while supporting the
use of and experimentation with
voluntary alternative dispute resolution
techniques as welcome components
of the justice system, expressed
concerns last month that
current proposals to create health
courts could undermine the constitutional
and other legal rights and
remedies of injured patients.
“The ABA firmly supports the
integrity of the jury system, the
independence of the judiciary and
the right of consumers to receive
full compensation for their injuries,
without any arbitrary caps on damages,”
Cheryl Niro, an incoming
member of the ABA Standing
Committee on Medical Professional
Liability, testified June 22 before
the Senate Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions Committee. “It is for
these reasons that ABA opposes the
creation of any health court system
that undermines these values by
requiring injured patients to utilize
health courts rather than utilizing
regular state courts in order to be
compensated for medical negligence,”
she explained.
See also, text of testimony at story entitled "Testimony before Congress by an incoming Member of this Committee"
Thursday, July 20 2006 @ 10:02 AM EDT Contributed by: James Views: 562
On Behalf of the
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Before the
Subcommittee on Health
Committee on Energy and Commerce
United States House of Representatives
Concerning
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MEDICAL LIABILITY
July 13, 2006
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
I appreciate the opportunity to present the views of the American Bar Association (ABA) on “Innovative Solutions to Medical Liability.” My name is Cheryl Niro, and I am an incoming member of the Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability and a member of the House of Delegates of the ABA. I am appearing on behalf of the ABA at the request of its President, Michael Greco.
Monday, May 08 2006 @ 03:41 PM EDT Contributed by: James Views: 399
Re: S. 23, federal legislation to preempt sThe Senate just voted on a cloture petition on S. 23. 60 votes were needed to invoke cloture and proceed to consideration of S. 23. The vote was 49-44 so it was 11 votes short and S. 23 has been set aside.
tate medical malpractice laws on obstetrics
Saturday, April 08 2006 @ 06:17 AM EDT Contributed by: James Views: 438
Washington - Today, Alliance for Justice releases its report, Health Courts Under the Microscope, a comprehensive analysis of the most recent medical malpractice tort reform proposal circulating in Congress. The Health Courts plan would remove medical malpractice cases from courts and create a new administrative system to handle medical
malpractice claims. Legislation introduced in the Senate, S. 1337,
would allow states to implement the Health Courts plan.
Tuesday, March 28 2006 @ 05:45 AM EST Contributed by: James Views: 336
See step five.
DLC | New Dem Dispatch | March 3, 2006
Idea of the Week: A Progressive Alternative To The Bush Health Care Agenda
Yesterday we presented an analysis of the Bush administration's Darwinian health care agenda, based on an important new policy briefing from David Kendall of the Progressive Policy Institute. But Kendall's paper also lays out a progressive alternative agenda that would move our health care system in the right direction and deal with the big challenges of cost, coverage, and quality.
