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Friday, September 20, 2002"The AMA and the FMA want to limit patients' rights even further," she said. "They continue to engage in propaganda, deceiving the public by blaming rising malpractice rates on lawsuits and the legal system. If you want to see propaganda and deception, look at Public Citizen’s website. By the way, Public Citizen is heavily involved in litigation. They have a vested interest in keeping punitive damage awards high, but as the Florida State Medical Association points out, the punitive damages don’t necessarily benefit the plaintiffs: "One of the reasons we'd like to reform the system is to get more money to the injured patients than they now receive," Cline said, "since they get less than 40 cents on the dollar from the (medical malpractice) rewards that they receive, while the legal system and the attorneys get 60 percent of the awards." Meanwhile, in Ohio and Georgia, legislators still aren’t convinced that malpractice insurance premiums are caused by large jury awards. Goodness sakes. Where do they think the money comes from, the heavens? posted by Sydney on 9/20/2002 06:56:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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