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Where Are The Shareholders?

Norman Goldman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Say on Pay, Gramm, Tort Reform, Bailout, Wall Street, Corporation, Shareholder, Congress, Bonuses, Tarp, Business News
Norman Goldman

We need corporate reform by way of requiring all shareholders to approve all pay of all executives at all publicly traded corporations. Only then will this looting insanity end.

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Tort Reform Does Not Reduce Health Care Costs--Never Has, Never Will

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tort Reform, Health Care Costs, Defensive Medicine, Public Option, Health Care, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

Anyone opposed to robust health care reform because it fails to include tort reform needs to examine their premise. We should be more concerned with patient safety.

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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering and Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it.

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Boehner's Big Gift to the Drug Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Tort Reform, Drug Industry, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Transparency, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

It's always fun to see what politicians try to bury in fine print. Take, for example, the several hundred-page House Republican health care bill introduced by Mr. Boehner Of Ohio.

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The Secret Chamber of Commerce and its "Tort Reform" Mission

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Washington State, Chamber of Commerce, Tort Reform, Corporations, Judges, Judicial System, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

The U.S. Chamber created the ILR to pursue the Chamber's so-called "tort reform" agenda: protecting corporations from liability, weakening the civil jury system and blocking the courthouse door for sick and injured Americans.

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Something You Should Know About Profits, Vaccines and Tort Reform

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fast-Trak, Monoclonal Antibodies, Gulf War, Elusys, Tort Reform, Fda, Swine Flu, Mederex Soldiers, Texas, Tamiflu, Anthrax, Sudovar, Sibelius, John Deutschhuman Testing, Relenza, Vaccines, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

More research needs to be done on the companies supplying the vaccines for the troops. They and their well-connected investors are subsidized by the government, which supplies troops for human testing.

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Decision Day For Democrats: Poll Shows Path to Healthcare Reform

John Zogby | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Bill, Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Individual Mandate Plan, Tort Reform, Public Option, Polling, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Max Baucus Health Care, Congressional Budget Office, Malpractice Reform, Zogby Poll, Politics News
John Zogby

This is the fork in the road for the Senate's Democratic leaders: they must choose between the tort lawyers and a health care bill that could re-unite a country that has turned against the present bill.

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Tort Reform -- Another Dangerous Scapegoat

Saul Segan | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Malpractice, Law, Politics News, Politics, Tort Reform, Health Care Reform, Living, Congress, Business News
Saul Segan

There is no reasonable cause and effect between the costs of health care and the rendering of jury verdicts.

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Is Malpractice Reform the Missing Link to Health Care Reform?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medical Malpractice Insurance, Tort Reform, Malpractice Reform, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

When a person is injured by a defective product, a verdict for the plaintiff not only compensates that person for the injuries sustained, but hopefully causes the defendant and others to take corrective action.

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Tort Reform is a Red Herring, Not a Silver Bullet

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malpractice, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, President Obama, Medical Errors, Medical Costs, Medicine, Obama Speech to Congress, Politics News
Matt Osborne

Trial lawyers are a widely-despised lobby. Yet courts remain the only way individual Americans can redress grievances against the rich and powerful; they are a great leveler, and limits have had perverse effects.

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Obama Speaks to Children in Congress, Adults in High School

Don Parker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wakefield High School, Tort Reform, Public Option, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition, Joint Session of Congress, Republican Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Kindergarten, Politics News
Don Parker

At Wakefield High School in Virginia, no student yelled at him, calling him a liar. Students didn't hold up signs and papers objecting to the points he was making. And none of the students booed him.

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Taking Things Off the Table

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Axelrod, White House, Lead, Leadership, Tort Reform, Table, Speech, President Obama, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Seat at the Table, Address, Legislation, Republican, Clinton, Insurance, Bipartisan Bipartisanship, Single Payer, On the Table, Health Care, Trigger, Joint Session, Everything's on the Table, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Lines in the Sand, Barack Obama, Off the Table, Chris Weigant, Health, Political Capital, Line in the Sand, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama absolutely loves the phrase "everything's on the table." But the time for piling "everything" on "the table" is over. Everything being on the table means that no decisions have been made.

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The New Town Hall Reality: Why Did Congressman Baron Hill (D-IN) Blow Up?

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Pnhp, Blue Dog, Tort Reform, Federal Reserve, Indiana University Southeast, Midwestern, Iraq, Physicians for a National Health Program, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

At the New Albany meeting, people were polite and even relaxed enough to chuckle whenever someone spoke with dry Indiana wit. Yet Hill silenced would-be hecklers by saying "Let me answer that before you interrupt, please!"

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Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 4: Pop Torts

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter, Tort Reform, Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform, Obama, Conservative, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Religion, Tort, Punitive-Awards, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform, Health Care Reform, Sestak, Toomey, Medicine, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

After attending the Sestak-Toomey debate in Allentown this week I struck up a conversation about medical malpractice with one of the people who questioned the two senate candidates during the forum.

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If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Move on.Org, Debate, Jim Himes, Tort Reform, Connecticut, High School, Aarp, Health Insurance, Cancer, Congressman, Ct, Tea Party Express, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Death Panel, Norwalk, Politics News
Mary Ann West

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

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In a Town Hall Meeting, Healthcare Swing-Vote Representative Baron Hill [D-IN] Takes a Clear Stand on Reform

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Blue Dog, Tort Reform, Federal Reserve, Iraq, Indiana University Southeast, Hr 3200, American Affordable Health Care Act of 2009, New Albany, Pelosi, H.H. 3200, Nancy Tierney, U.S. Congress, Butch Ragland, I.U.S., Single Payer, Hoosier, Ak-47, Health Care, Mark Megenity, Obamacare, Fed, Dusty O’Brien, Public Option, Indiana, Democrat, HR 676, Baron Hill, Socialized Medicine, Jeffersonville, Town Meeting, Ius, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Marvin Comstock, Physicians for a National Health Program, H.R. 676, Pnhp, Midwestern, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Hill could not represent a southern Indiana consensus view, because there was none; whatever he chose to do, it would cost him votes.

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The Public Option, Who Makes Decisions to Treat Us, and Tort Reform

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bureaucrats, Healthcare Decisionmaking, Tort Reform, The Public Option, Supreme Court, Medical Malpractice, Rep. Mark Kirk, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Obama Health Care, Health Care Myths, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

We are not in a room crafting health care legislation, so we have to rely on the words of those we elected to public office to truthfully tell us what they say, and how which bill will best benefit our lives.

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The Healthcare Conundrum: Getting Out of the Box

James D. Zirin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hospitals, Medicare, Tort Reform, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
James D. Zirin

It's a crying shame is that medical insurance premiums, unlike all other forms of insurance, are not sufficiently geared to risk.

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Part 3: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform - The Economics

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Public Health Insurance Plan, Family Physician, President Obama, Georgia Association of Family Physicians, Deficit Neutral, Public Health, Congress, Obama-Healthcare-Reform, Tina Brown the Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Tina Brown, Cnn, Blue Dogs, Hospitals, Republicans in Name Only, President Bush, Healthcare Reform, Georgia W. Bush, President Clinton, Rinos, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Pay-Go, National Insurance Contributions, France, England, U.K., National Health Service, Tort Reform, Defensive Medicine, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

I don't know about you, but one thin dime for every buck you make seems like a very easy trade for being able to see the doctor any time you need to.

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Court Review of SOX Gives Hope for New U.S. Jobs

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Immigration Reform, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Tort Reform, Corporate Tax, Stock Exchange, Gary Shapiro, H1B Visa, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Supreme Court, Cea, Health Care, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Only American companies have to follow this expensive and intrusive law imposing huge costs on publicly traded companies. Thankfully, relief may be in sight.

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Chrysler & GM: What Happens if Your Car Blows Up?

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Injury Victims, Trial Lawyers, Ford Pinto, American Bar Association, Uaw, Toyota, Bankruptcy, Tort Reform, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, Honda, Bailouts, Kentucky, Don McNay, Ford, Buick, Structured Settlements, American Association for Justice, Insurance, General Motors, Product Liability, Richmond Ky, Hyundai, Traumatic Brain Injury, Lexington KY, Aaa, Detroit Bailout, Detroit, Aaj, Personal Responsibility, Auto Bailout, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

I know I'll never forget that horrible sight, I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right. Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve. -Jan a...

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FDA Approval Of Medical Devices Not Enough

Les Weisbrod | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Supreme Court, Social Justice, Tort Reform, Fda, Preemption, Riegel v. Medtronic, American Associaton for Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Medtronic, Medical Device Safety Act, Riegel, Living News
Les Weisbrod

The Medical Device Safety Act would restore patients' right to hold the manufacturer responsible when their products are defective.

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Free Paul Minor

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, US Attorneys Scandal, Karl Rove, Federal Prisons, Tort Reform, Paul Minor, Politicization, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

One of the nation's top trial lawyers, Minor stands convicted on partisan political charges ginned up by Karl Rove's right wing toadies at the Department of Justice.

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Another Corporate Gimmick -- Arbitration

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Mediation, Tort Reform, Corporations, Courts, Arbitration, Attorneys, Corporate Power, Business News
Dave Johnson

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

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