Bill Proposing Medical "Tort Reform" Meeting Wide Opposition
Bill Proposing Medical "Tort Reform" Meeting Wide Opposition
A bill currently making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives is generating a fair amount of concern from advocates for patients' rights. Opponents of the bill claim H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2011 (Act) aims to make it harder for victims of medical malpractice to bring suits and lowers the accountability of insurance and pharmaceutical companies towards patients.
In a strongly worded letter to Lamar Smith, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, ...



