Bowles Sides With Personal Injury Attorneys on Ending Medical Lawsuit Abus

[Nambe]

PRNewswire

Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a leading coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians dedicated to ending medical lawsuit abuse, announced today that Erskine Bowles, Democratic candidate for John Edwards' open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, has refused to sign the group's pledge supporting common sense reforms. ..

"Many people -- doctors included -- have been confused by statements Mr. Bowles has made that seem to imply he supports medical liability reform," said Dr. Craig VanDerVeer, a neurosurgeon in Charlotte. ..

Dr. VanDerVeer appears in the 30-minute "Protect Patients Now" newsmagazine that DMLR is airing on both network and cable television stations in every media market across North Carolina. In the newsmagazine, real doctors and patients give viewers an in-depth look at the access-to-healthcare crisis affecting our State. ..

[AP]

1. So what are these "commonsense reforms"? Capping non-economic losses?

Punishing actual victims of negligence just because their lawyers are assholes?

[Cocoa]

2. that means he's against small business

remember Bush's either/or? "You're either on the side of laywers/terrorists or on the side of small business/freedom You can't be both."

[DU9598]

3. Common Sense - lol

Giving into hostage takers a "common sense" course of action?

Giving away our civil liberties a "common sense" cure to fighting terrorism?

We live in a sick world of semantics. Too bad liberals do not put forth a "common sense" plan to end corporate greed coupled with a "Truly American Living Wage" and other "patriotic rights and responsiblities for big business and HMO's."

[Nambe]

4. He addresses this on his website. Click on the picture.

This is a non-issue IMO.

[Mel]

5. one Democrat has signed

the 'pledge' David Scott (D-GA)
I tried to download the PDF to read 'the pledge' it download in code instead of text? Would somebody download it and post it for me, please.

http://www.protectpatientsnow.org/1108.html
DMLR- PLEDGE SIGNING UPDATE
As of August 12, 2004
 
U.S. Senate
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
 
U.S. Senate Candidates
Richard Burr (R-NC)
George Nethercutt (R-WA)
Richard Ziser (R-NV)
David Vitter (R- LA)
Thomas Ravenel (R-SC)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Howard Mills (R-NY)
Bill McCollum (R-FL)
Johnnie Byrd (R-FL)
Robert G. Lorge (R-WI)
Tim Michels (R-WI)
Bob Welch (R-WI)
Pete Coors (R-CO)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Bill Jones (R-CA)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Russ Darrow (R-WI)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
 
U.S. House of Representatives
Richard Burr (R-NC) 
George Nethercutt (R-WA)
J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Virgil Goode, Jr. (R-VA)
Trent Franks (R-AZ)
Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
David Scott (D-GA)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Jack Kingston (R-GA)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Charles “Chip” Pickering (R-MS)
Gene Taylor (R-MS)
Richard Pombo (R-CA)
Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Wally Herger (R-CA)
Mac Collins (R-GA)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Jeff Miller (R-FL)
 
U.S. House of Representatives Candidates
Tom Price (R-GA)

[Mel]

6. I say we contact this organization DMLR

and tell them what we think of them :evilgrin:
http://www.protectpatientsnow.org/contactus.html