Thursday, May 26, 2005
Illinois passes a $500,000 cap on malpractice damages
"Under the new proposal, backed by both parties and expected to move quickly through the Legislature, individual doctors could be sued for no more than $500,000 in noneconomic damages, and hospitals would face no more than $1 million awards for pain and suffering . . .
. . . The compromise would require for the first time that trial lawyers have a physician vouch for the merit of their malpractice claims before a lawsuit can be filed."
"Under the new proposal, backed by both parties and expected to move quickly through the Legislature, individual doctors could be sued for no more than $500,000 in noneconomic damages, and hospitals would face no more than $1 million awards for pain and suffering . . .
. . . The compromise would require for the first time that trial lawyers have a physician vouch for the merit of their malpractice claims before a lawsuit can be filed."
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I'm actually a little surprised this made it. The governor appeared to be against caps but for drug reimportation as a solution to healthcare costs. Well, as the previous poster says, it still ahs to survie a legal challenge.
i say "a little surprised" because I just finished a story about the recent developments in the medical liability crisis for my magazine and got it laid out on the page. Something like this always happens when it's too late to make changes.
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i say "a little surprised" because I just finished a story about the recent developments in the medical liability crisis for my magazine and got it laid out on the page. Something like this always happens when it's too late to make changes.
