Gee let's figure out a way to immunize ALL corporations from liability! Instead of dealing with a pesky Congress, Bush and his cronies have "found another, quieter way to make it more difficult for consumers to sue businesses over faulty products...rewriting the bureaucratic rulebook." (AP) We've had a few things to say about that. (See here)
Legislation to force drug companies to report payments to doctors garners support of Eli Lilly - after the limit requiring disclosure was raised from $25 to $500, and consumer-friendly state laws are overridden! (AP)
Amidst false cries of a medical malpractice insurance crisis and phony threats about docs leaving the state, a new study shows that actually most Massachusetts docs are paying less for malpractice insurance then they were two decades ago when adjusted for inflation. (Boston Globe)
The US Chamber of Commerce employs secret weapon - a mid-western granny - to make the case for binding agreements that limit people's ability to go to court. (Mother Jones) Nice try but this mid-westerner is not fooled.
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