http://www.maacenter.org/blog/tort-reform-is-a-red-herring.html Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.maacenter.org/blog/tort-reform-is-a-red-herring.html/comment-page-1#comment-651 Federal Tort Reform = Big Government Takeover? | Mesothelioma and the Politics of Asbestos Litigation Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:30:18 +0000 http://www.maacenter.org/blog/?p=351#comment-651 [...] Although there are exceptions, most personal injury suits are filed under state law, not federal law. As we argue among ourselves about reforming the nation’s floundering health care system, conservatives have argued that controlling costs requires reducing malpractice costs. This is an argument I have debunked here in many previous posts; see, for example, “Tort Reform Is a Red Herring.” [...] [...] Although there are exceptions, most personal injury suits are filed under state law, not federal law. As we argue among ourselves about reforming the nation’s floundering health care system, conservatives have argued that controlling costs requires reducing malpractice costs. This is an argument I have debunked here in many previous posts; see, for example, “Tort Reform Is a Red Herring.” [...]

]]> http://www.maacenter.org/blog/tort-reform-is-a-red-herring.html/comment-page-1#comment-454 The Med-Mal Myth in Mississippi | Mesothelioma and the Politics of Asbestos Litigation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.maacenter.org/blog/?p=351#comment-454 [...] reform bragging rights, in spite of the fact that since its most recent round of tort reform, health care spending has grown faster in Texas than the rest of the country. But recently Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi took center stage. Since Mississippi passed the [...] [...] reform bragging rights, in spite of the fact that since its most recent round of tort reform, health care spending has grown faster in Texas than the rest of the country. But recently Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi took center stage. Since Mississippi passed the [...]

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