Word: tort
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When Ayers attributed the rising cost of health insurance to skyrocketing premiums, he suggested that tort reform, advocated by Bush, is the preferred means of providing affordable coverage...
...Dylan, can you explain tort reform in detail for all of us?” Nowinski read, chuckling...
...TORT REFORM Malpractice lawsuits amount to "less than 1% of the total cost of health care...
Kerry was answering a charge that he opposed tort reform and that "frivolous" lawsuits were costing the government $28 billion. Kerry's percentage figure was in the ballpark; health-care spending in 2002 was $1.6 trillion, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, malpractice costs were an estimated 1.5% of the total. Moreover, several studies have concluded that capping malpractice-lawsuit awards would have a negligible impact on health-care costs...
...secret weapon anymore, since she's about as visible as any First Lady could be. When she visits a small electrical-supply company run by a married couple in Albuquerque, N.M., she sells the Bush agenda for all the ways it helps women specifically. The President's push for tort reform? Good for businesses owned by women. The war on terrorism? It makes families safer. Medical-savings accounts? "Women can take these accounts with them if they start a new job or if they leave work to go home and raise a family," says the First Lady. "This is health...