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House Republicans Have Their Talking Points on California Backwards: Insurance Rate Regulation, Not Medical Liability Limits, Lowered California Malpractice Insurance Premiums
January 27, 2011House Republicans are misrepresenting California's experience with medical liability limits to argue for legislation, HR 5, that would take away the rights of patients injured by medical negligence. Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to the bill's author, House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, today and called on him to set the record straight. "California is the only state in the nation where the impact on medical malpractice insurance premiums of both strong insurance rate regulation and strict medical liability limits can be directly compared. Legislation you introduced this week that would severely limit the rights of patients who are victims of medical negligence relies on incontrovertible errors in your understanding of California's experience," wrote Carmen Balber, Washington DC director for Consumer Watchdog. Full release
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