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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: ColtonGang who wrote (167402)8/3/2001 10:15:03 AM
From: H-Man  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Bush compromised in two key areas:
1. He did not want to be able to sue for punitive damages
2. He wanted any lawsuits to be conducted in federal courts not state courts.

The compromise bill allows punitive damages up to 1.5 million and suits can be conducted in state courts using some federal rules.

That is a compromise. Your post is total BS. Did you think I would not call you on it ?

Here is the excerpt from ABC News report, take particular note of the headline. The emphasis is part of the original article and not added.



Bush Brokers Compromise on Right to Sue

The bill would create a host of new legal protections for the nearly 200 million Americans enrolled in health maintenance organizations and other private health insurance plans. It includes guaranteed access to medical specialists and emergency room care and the right to appeal a plan's decision to deny treatment to an independent review board. On Wednesday, Bush struck the deal with Norwood over the right of patients to sue their managed-care plans — the issue that had emerged as the central sticking point.

The original bill, which had the support of congressional Democrats and some Republicans, would have allowed patients to sue their insurance companies in state or federal court and recover up to $5 million in punitive damages and the same amount for non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering.

Bush and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill had argued restrictions on lawsuits were needed in order to prevent a wave of frivolous litigation from forcing insurance companies to raise their rates, which would in turn swell the ranks of the uninsured.

The compromise set a $1.5 million cap on punitive and non-economic damage awards. It also would impose a restriction on filing lawsuits in state courts and a requirement for plaintiffs to meet a higher burden of proof if they sue an HMO after an external review board rules in favor of the health plan's decision to deny care.


Full story which includes the Democratic whining:
abcnews.go.com
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