Doctors' place at the bargaining table

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The debate over health reform raises questions about the role of physicians in the formulation of fiscal and regulatory policies. Allowing physicians to bargain collectively the way trade unions do would require changes in antitrust laws. The Vermont State Medical Society is proposing a system that would allow physicians to collectively 'discuss,' not negotiate, issues as part of Vermont's global budgeting experiment. A new state law requires regulators to consult physician agents and arbitrate disputes with physicians.

Vermont, Medical policy, Health policy

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Pushing tort reform before the Senate

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The American Medical Assn and the National Medical Assn are lobbying for a Senate bill that would put limits on noneconomic damages in liability suits. The House already passed legislation putting a maximum of $250,000 on noneconomic malpractice damages. Senate voting on product liability and malpractice reform bills is expected in May or June 1995. Without such legislation, doctors predict that medical students will be taught to practice defensive medicine. Lawyers are lobbying against these bills.

Legal services, Attorneys, Offices of Lawyers, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Insurance Regulation, Lawyers, United States. Congress. Senate, Liability (Law), Legal liability, Insurance law, National Medical Association

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Tort reform victory in the house: AMA directs battle to Senate, expects tough fight to uphold damage caps

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The House has voted to place a cap of $250,000 on noneconomic damages in state and federal tort cases. The American Medical Association (AMA) has been trying for 20 years to have tort reforms passed in the legislature, and this vote was the first reform success for the AMA. The noneconomic damages cap, which has long been sought by the medical profession, was passed as an amendment to The Common Sense Legal Reform Act.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Civil Law NEC, Health care industry, Civil law

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