Sixty-four survivors of medical malpractice from
21 states sent a letter to President Obama today expressing extreme
concern that the rights of medical malpractice victims have become a
"political bargaining chip" in the President's efforts to sell his
health care plan, and that their rights may be stripped away as a
result. Reports now indicate that the President supports measures that
would drastically limit injured patients' rights to trial by jury by
allowing biased medical societies or politicians to make liability
decisions. The group of malpractice survivors has requested a meeting
with President Obama to express dissatisfaction with the President's
willingness to include far-reaching medical malpractice limits in his
national health care proposal.
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