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Sen. Ensign Introduces Federal Malpractice Award Cap Legislation

National News • January 17, 2007
Senator John Ensign, R-Nev., has introduced the Medical Care Access Protection (MCAP) Act of 2007, which would set a cap on non-economic damages in medcial mapractice lawsuits. "Medical liability ...

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Subject: RE: RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps

Posted On: January 18, 2007, 1:58 pm CST
Posted By: Mike End
Comment:
In response to UW, insurance companies for health care providers do not settle cases that do not have merit. In fact, they do not usually settle cases that have merit. Their resistance to paying is one of the reasons there are so few medical malpractice suits filed. In my state, Wisconsin, there were only 81 people in the entire state who received compensation from medical malpractice claims in the last annual report from the National Practitioner Data Bank.
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RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps UW
Jan 19, 2007, 4:01 pm
RE: Med-Mal Award Caps Mike End
Jan 19, 2007, 3:26 pm
RE: Med-Mal Award Caps Mike End
Jan 19, 2007, 3:21 pm
RE: RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps UW
Jan 19, 2007, 12:49 pm
RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps Ratemaker
Jan 19, 2007, 11:52 am
RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps UW
Jan 19, 2007, 11:27 am
RE: Med-Mal Award Caps Mike End
Jan 18, 2007, 7:57 pm
RE: RE: RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps UW
Jan 18, 2007, 5:03 pm
RE: RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps Mike End
Jan 18, 2007, 1:58 pm
RE: RE: Med-Mal Award Caps UW
Jan 18, 2007, 12:33 pm
RE: Med-Mal Award Caps John
Jan 18, 2007, 8:55 am
RE: Hurray! Mike End
Jan 17, 2007, 5:48 pm
Hurray! KL
Jan 17, 2007, 2:59 pm
RE: about time David
Jan 17, 2007, 1:52 pm
about time Andrew
Jan 17, 2007, 12:39 pm
Med-Mal Award Caps Scott
Jan 17, 2007, 12:38 pm
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