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I can’t imagine medical professionals would have to worry about something like that at a time like this – agree wholeheartedly and thank you for telling us not to assume that people will do the right thing. This is a very good topic that I hope our president takes notice of.
Could not agree more. It should have been part of the stimulus bill.
Amen.
I am glad to see that even some commenters who seem to oppose Constitutionally limited government and the rule of law*, which I don’t, agree that this is an area that needs reform.
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*I mean that it appears that they are proposing that the Federal Government should strip the States of their sole authority over and responsibility for tort law.
I’ve favored tort reform ever since I took torts in law school, some 40 years ago. Unreformed torts are simply a money siphon for tort lawyers.
A-freaking-MEN! (Kindly forgive the enthusiasm …it is Sunday, after all)
Plaintiffs attorneys are a drain on productive society, and the only reason they’ve been allowed to continue is the disproportionate number of lawyers in elected office. I’ve heard about the idyllic plans for “the new normal” post-coronavirus – wide-scale medical tort reform demanded by voters would be a welcome addition to that “normal”.
I’d also like to restore the ban on lawyer advertising. I’ve seen my lifetime quota of mesothelioma and if-you’ve-been-injured-in-an-accident ads.
Like like like.
It was while I was in school that SCOTUS decided that lawyers’ advertising was a free speech issue. Before that, we’d have called the present-day lawyers advertising “ambulance chasers.”
How about cross-state licensing? Or, let’s get rid of the AMA–that guild forces a *lot* of inefficient practices. The sooner we replace run-of-mill doctoring with in-home appliances the better.
Thanks for the historical background on the advertising issue.
I also thought “slip and fall lawyer” was a pejorative. About three years ago, we were sued over a year after my wife was in a car accident. I looked up the suing attorney and he called himself a slip and fall lawyer. I’m sure the driver saw an advertisement somewhere.
You want to put the feds in charge of licensing? Socialized medicine, here we come!
States could choose to recognize licenses from other states without going to a federal license
Thank you for your service.
And tort reform.
Yes, and I would be in favor of more of that. There are cross-state agreements in the sale of life insurance, for example. Licensing of doctors is more complicated, but I don’t know happen to know why that is not done
I don’t understand how a Governor has the authority to limit malpractice suits by executive order. I am sure that some malpractice lawyers with try to get that knocked down later and sue, sue, sue. In six months, we will start seeing commercials for “Have you been injured by Coronavirus? We can sue someone for you!”.
Suing already.
Walmart sued by family of deceased employee.
Or we can ditch licensing altogether. Licensing is no assurance of quality. A doctor who was licensed 30 years ago may be utterly incompetent today. More often than not, state licensing boards protect the incompetent. Doctors who testify on behalf of patients in malpractice suits often get blacklisted by their colleagues and hospitals.
What if juries on malpractice suits must have medical training and experience?
MDs, nurses, physician assistants, etc.