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...rare cases when someone has been injured or killed and the dispute winds up in court, we think cases involving medical decisions should go to state courts. State courts have experience in these kinds of cases, they're faster, and they're closer to where patients live. The Frist-Breaux bill sends all cases to federal court, which are already backlogged. That's one reason the US Supreme Court and the United States Judicial Conference, headed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, favor our approach...
...truth is that Senator Frist's bill and John McCain and my bill are almost identical in cost. According to the Congressional Budget Office report, the Frist-Breaux plan would raise insurance premiums about 3 percent. Our plan, the McCain-Edwards plan, would increase premiums by about 4 percent. So there's only a one percent difference between the two plans. The truth is, our bill gives people a better product--better health care. For that marginal kind of cost, we think the American people, employers and employees, will think this is a good...
...Republican plan, sponsored by Bill Frist, Democrat John Breaux and Independent Jim Jeffords (and backed by the White House) sets up an extensive appeals process to weed out frivolous lawsuits. It also limits suits to the federal system and puts a $500,000 cap on damages. Republicans argue the Democrats? bill would leave health plans open to catastrophic legal costs and raise the price of insurance premiums, forcing employers to drop coverage. In the end, the White House argues, the unlimited-damages approach could leave millions of Americans without insurance. (Democrats contend their plan would cost just 37 cents...
...patient protections proposed in both bills are nearly identical. In fact, Frist-Breaux-Jeffords represents the culmination of negotiations between members of the House and Senate from the last four years regarding what patient protections should be included in a Patients' Bill of Rights...
While both bills offer similar health care protections, the Kennedy-Edwards bill would cost hard working Americans nearly 45 percent more than the Frist-Breaux-Jeffords bill. Over 10 years, the cost of their bill would add an additional $240 billion in health care costs for Americans, with much of that increase going straight to the pockets of trial lawyers. We mustn't let trial lawyers stand in the way of providing better health care for Americans. We simply can't afford to pass their bill as written...