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Article: Chloroform for tort reform; Heath care bill includes Pelosi's payoff to trial lawyers.(EDITORIALS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
If congressional Democrats want to dispel the impression that they are wholly owned subsidiaries of Trial Lawyers Inc., they need to do a much cleverer job at hiding the evidence.
In the weak guise of offering incentives to states to create alternative medical liability laws, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's big-government health plan actually discourages the most widely used and effective means of reining in lawsuit abuse. The legislative provision isn't just a bait-and-switch, it's more like the bait in a mousetrap designed to snap the neck of any real reform.
Remember the genesis of the Democrats' supposed openness to ...