Bulloney.
The Republicans, with NUMERICAL superiority in Congress, can pass anything their leadership deems neccessary.
Sorry, but the continual Blame-game passing of the buck and deferral of "personal responsibility"(from the Repubs to the Dems) tends to make you appear as a partisan shill...
( well, that and every other position you take, on any issue in contention).
"Lash" would be a suitable nick for a Party "whip".
Call your Senator, Democrat or Republican, and tell them that you need the caps reinstated.
If your Assembly representative is Republican, thank them for your vote and urge their continued support.
If your Assembly representative is a Democrat tell them that you do not want or need subsidies, and the only long term fix to the problem is the Senate caps.
The NJ Senate. Appears to be a pattern--much like the national parties...
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WALTER J. KAVANAUGH R, Senate
Address 76 North Bridge St.
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908)-526-4222
Occupation Full Time Legislator
Tort Reform Record Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
CHRISTOPHER BATEMAN R, Assembly
Address 36 East Main St.
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908)-526-3600
Occupation Attorney
Tort Reform Record Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; Trenton, May 2003
Sponsor, S-2325, a significant tort reform bill
Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
PETER J. BIONDI R, Assembly
Address 1 East High St.
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908)-252-0800
Occupation Full Time Legislator
Tort Reform Record Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
District 17 Part of Middlesex County: Highland Park Borough, Milltown
Borough, New Brunswick City, North Brunswick, Piscataway; part of
Somerset County: Franklin
BOB SMITH D, Senate
Address 216 Stelton Rd., Suite E-5
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732)-752-0770
Occupation Attorney
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
JOSEPH V. EGAN D, Assembly
Address 100 Bayard St.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732)-249-4550
Occupation Union Business Manager
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA D, Assembly
Address 888 Easton Ave.
Somerset, NJ 08873
(732)-247-3999
Occupation Engineer
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
District 18 Part of Middlesex County: East Brunswick, Edison, Helmetta
Borough, Metuchen Borough, South Plainfield Borough, South River
Borough, Spotswood Borough
BARBARA BUONO D, Senate
Address 100 Plainfield Ave., Suite 1
Edison, NJ 08817
(732)-819-8141
Occupation Full Time Legislator
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
PETER J. BARNES D, Assembly
Address 1967 Rt. 27, Suite 20
Edison, NJ 08817
(732)-287-5609
Occupation Full Time Legislator
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
PATRICK J. DIEGNAN D, Assembly
Address 908 Oak Tree Ave., Unit P
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
(908)-757-1677
Occupation Attorney
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
THOMAS H. KEAN R, Senate
Address 203 Elm St., 1st Floor
Westfield, NJ 07090
(908)-232-3673
Occupation Consultant
Tort Reform Record Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; February, 2003
Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; Trenton, May 2003
Sponsor, S-2325, a significant tort reform bill
Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
ERIC MUNOZ R, Assembly
Address 57 Union Place, Suite 310
Summit, NJ 07901
(908)-918-0414
Occupation Trauma Surgeon
Tort Reform Record Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; Trenton, June 2002
Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; Trenton, February 2003
Attended MSNJ Tort Reform Rally; Trenton, May 2003
Sponsor, A-3198, a significant tort reform bill
Sponsor, A-3170, a significant tort reform bill
Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
Jon M. Bramnick R, Assembly
Address 57 Union Place, Suite 310
Summit, NJ 07901
(908)-918-0414
Occupation Trial Attorney
Tort Reform Record Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
District 22 Part of Middlesex County: Dunellen, Middlesex Borough; part of
Somerset County: Greenbrook, North Plainfield; part of Union
County: Clark, Fanwood Borough, Linden City, Plainfield City,
Rahway City, Scotch Plains, Winfield
JOSEPH SULIGA D, Senate
Address 222 North Wood Ave
Linden, NJ 07036
(908)-587-0805
Occupation CFO
Tort Reform Record Voted for Senate Tort Reform Bill
JERRY GREEN D, Assembly
Address 17 Watchung Ave.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
(908)-561-5757
Occupation Realtor
Tort Reform Record Voted against Tort Reform Bill
LINDA STENDER D, Assembly
Address 1801 East Second St., 2nd Floor
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
(908)-668-1900
Occupation Full Time Legislator
Tort Reform Record Voted against Senate Tort Reform Bill
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Pointing out facts makes one a shill? And constant denial of facts makes one.....a Democrat?
Senators reject tort reform again
Doctors warn that the vote will hurt patients' access to physicians.
By Tanya Albert, AMNews staff. April 26, 2004.
The third time wasn't the charm for medical liability reform.
The U.S. Senate on April 7 rejected an attempt to cap noneconomic damages at $250,000 in medical malpractice lawsuits involving emergency physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists. Physicians in these two specialties are among those hit hardest by rising liability insurance premiums.
Topic: Liability crisis
In a 49-48 vote, the bill fell short of the 60 votes needed to stop a filibuster led by Democrats.
This is the third bill brought forward this session by Republican lawmakers who support physicians' efforts to control surging liability insurance costs through a cap on pain-and-suffering awards.
Last year, the Senate voted against a $250,000 cap in all medical malpractice cases, and earlier this year, there weren't enough votes to stop a filibuster on a bill for ob-gyns.
Tort reform proponents are disappointed but remain optimistic.
"In the end, the voice of the people will break through the trial lawyers' smokescreens," said American Medical Association Trustee J. Edward Hill, MD.
"The strides our country has made in reducing maternal and infant mortality through good prenatal care are being jeopardized," the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in a statement.
More than half of the emergency physicians who took part in a survey last fall said there's a shortage of on-call specialists.
"Our nation's broken medical liability system is causing some patients to be transported out of state for medical care, which can mean life or death when time is of the essence," said American College of Emergency Physicians President J. Brian Hancock, MD.
Democrats who oppose caps acknowledged that physicians and patients face a real problem. But they and trial lawyers said noneconomic damage caps are unfair to patients and won't stop insurance rate hikes.
"Let's make the practice of medicine safer," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D, Ill.). "Let's reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits. ... Let's hold insurance companies responsible for overcharging."
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Wonder how much $$$ Durbin raked in from the lawyer's Lobby?
The Issue is about the New Global Business paradigm, and how it dooms us.
It puts all of our eggs in one basket...
And does to commerce what WalMart did to the Small town main street shopping district.
It maximizes corporate profits by limiting consumer options!
Does anyone have statistics on how much is spent defending in medical malpractice lawsuits, and paid in damages, in proportion to premiums?
Magus
If I am a party shill what should we call you who supports and defends the actions of a Moron. Is that not similar to the apple not falling far from the tree?
AU--
I'm pretty sure Magus bestowed that gem on me. Hope so, cause I lobbed something back...
Center for Justice And Democracy- Beware it's a lobbyist's site!Association of Health, blah blah--Another lobbyist siteUnfortunately, even when caps are placed on awards, the ups and downs of the market still dominate insurance premiums. Laycock further states that there is no difference between insurance premiums in states that have caps, and in states that don't have caps.
Democrats in the senate report the same fact: caps do not appear to affect premiums.
Publication by Senate Democrats
The effect of Lawyers upon HealthCare is remarkable... think of all the Witch Doctors and Shamans they've put out of business!
Magus wrote:The effect of Lawyers upon HealthCare is remarkable... think of all the Witch Doctors and Shamans they've put out of business!
Are you suggesting we ban medical lawsuits as a means of population controll for the religious nuts?
Why... no, not at all.
The key to reducing Medical Malpractice Lawsuits is in reducing incidents of Medical Malpractice !
(Cart... meet horse.)
Quote:Unfortunately, even when caps are placed on awards, the ups and downs of the market still dominate insurance premiums. Laycock further states that there is no difference between insurance premiums in states that have caps, and in states that don't have caps.
This is the simple piece of logic that shoots a hole right in the whole republican strategy on this issue.
I challenge anyone to refute the argument that while medical malpractice is an important issue, and should be regulated, it is NOT responsible for the rise in malpractice insurance!!! The whole thing is a red herring.
Cycloptichorn
So, who would benefit from tort reform?
Look to the flip side to see who's preventing it from happening in more jurisdictions.
I've seen that bilge by Dems--1%... another lie. They look bad siding with trial lawyers over ...us, so they constructed that lie.
Lawsuits have pushed healthcare out of the reach of most people--caused doctors to order thousands of dollars of unnecessary--or unwarranted tests--to avoid lawsuits. You know it has caused an enormous rise in healthcare costs.
The Dems CAN'T agree with this, because they are protecting the Lawyers for cash. If it weren't for the Lawyers', Unions', Teachers' lobbies--the Dems wouldn't exist. They'd protect them no matter what they do--and how much that hurts us.
Quote:If it weren't for the Lawyers', Unions', Teachers' lobbies--the Dems wouldn't exist.
Okay, Lash Now you are getting it!!! Good for you!
See the REAL reason this is being pushed by Republicans? It's one of those "make it an issue even if it isn't cause we will reap big time" deals.
No, it's the REAL reason the Dems support lawyers over the American public.
"...the REAL reason..."?
Lash you confuse your "humble opinion" with "Gospel Truth".
You're not the first to do so... there are reasons why the "one, Holy, catholic and Apostolic Church" is fractured into so many pieces and sects
...primary among which is Human Nature: a surfeit of arrogance and a deficit of humility.
Lash wrote:No, it's the REAL reason the Dems support lawyers over the American public.
This is rich. So let me get this straight. Now the Dems support the rich and want a balanced budget.
Flip-Flop
Re: No Flu Shot For You!! Healthcare Ruined By Lawyers.
squinney wrote:Lash wrote:Republicans have long said the plight of America's healthcare rests largely at the feet of our litigious society--and THAT rests largely at the feet of the Lawyers' Lobby.
I don't think anyone can say with a straight face that lawsuits haven't put us in this current mess with the flu vaccine.
Lawsuits haven't put us in this current mess with the flu vaccine.
(There isn't a straight faced smiley!)
To correct a few facts:
Source
Bush stumbled on a question not raised before, about the U.S. flu vaccine shortage. He said the United States "relied on a company out of England" for the flu vaccine.
Chiron is a California-based company with a factory in England. Bush implied U.S. authorities shut the factory, saying, "We took the right action and didn't allow contaminated medicine into our country," when English authorities shut the Chiron plant.
Also, he blamed lawsuits for the shortage. In fact, according to the Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academy of Sciences, the frequent vaccine shortages result from two factors:
Vaccines aren't profitable, and drug companies keep merging. In 1967, nearly 30 firms made vaccines; last year only five did, and only two produced flu vaccines.
Always good to see someone come up with facts about the actual topic at hand (flu vaccines).
