SMART Act Signed Into Law
January 11, 2013
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law the bipartisan SMART Act (Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act, H.R. 1845, Title II), which helps senior citizens and disabled persons obtain timely, clear, and definitive information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv[...]
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Physician Opinions Regarding Medical Malpractice Tort Reform
December 5, 2012
The results of an online survey of the opinions of 1,548 physicians throughout the United States that was conducted between August 31, 2012 and October 31, 2012 regarding medical malpractice tort reform measures that was published on December 4, 2012 found that 75% of the respondents claimed that [...]
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Our 600th Consecutive Daily Blog Post
October 24, 2012
Today we celebrate our 600th consecutive daily blog post. Our milestone makes us proud because we have covered many relevant and timely topics that have provided our readers with information that they could use at the time they needed the information the most. The responses to our blog have been tre[...]
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2012 Republican Party Platform And “Tort Reform”
August 31, 2012
The Republican Party has published its 2012 Republican Party Platform in which it addresses many issues, including “tort reform” under the heading, “Reducing Costs through Tort Reform,” in which it states: Frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits have ballooned the cost of[...]
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Means Murder?
January 1, 2012
In an article appearing in The Baltimore Sun newspaper on December 31, 2011, it was reported that two doctors who performed an abortion in Maryland during 2010 on an 18-year-old woman who suffered a ruptured uterus and other internal injuries during the procedure have been criminally charged under M[...]
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