Doctors and lawyers agreed to a compromise bill aimed at reducing physicians’ insurance premiums.
Certain elements seem silly, like requiring lawyers to get an outside expert to opine that malpractice occurred; try winning a case without it. Other provisions make sense, like allowing a doctor to express sympathy for an unfortunate outcome without it being used against her as an admission of culpability.
But nowhere in the story is the phrase “insurance company.” I wonder if they aren’t using the president’s campaign against “frivolous lawsuits as a cover for gouging doctors.
The bill passed a senate committee. A vote by the full senate is expected next week.