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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (522217)	1/10/2004 4:36:32 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Well this just in My Hero filter... Action Needed to Address Medical Liability Crisis In a Seattle Times column yesterday, Dr. William J. McDonald, a practicing cardiologist, describes the looming medical malpractice crisis that is driving up health care costs in Washington state - and in states across the nation without medical liability reform: Patients should be able to find a doctor when they need one. Unfortunately, we're short on doctors in Washington state, and it's getting worse. Last year, 12 physicians at The Everett Clinic alone stopped doing baby deliveries, due to skyrocketing liability-insurance premiums in our state. Emergency-room physicians at Providence Everett Medical Center have had their insurance company refuse to insure them at any price, effective April 1. Doctors can't practice without insurance. ... Reasonable changes to the liability-insurance system are needed immediately, before more doctors are driven out of business and more patients are left stranded. This is exactly why President Bush has pushed for proven reforms that make the medical liability system more fair, predictable and timely. Medical liability reform will protect Americans' access to the doctors and medical treatment they need in their community. Take a moment to learn more about how our President is working for affordable health insurance. georgewbush.com