http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242 The Blog of Commentary Magazine Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:04:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5442041 Shopfloor » Blog Archive » The (Lawyers’) Limits on Health Care Reform Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:26:27 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5442041 [...] possible even as early as Friday. Jennifer Ruben at Commentary reports the legal element, “A Gift for Lawyers“: A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi [...] [...] possible even as early as Friday. Jennifer Ruben at Commentary reports the legal element, “A Gift for Lawyers“: A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5436322 Nancy Pelosi’s non-tort reform. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:49 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5436322 [...] Jen Rubin: Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look — you don’t get the incentive if you have a law that would “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.” [...] [...] Jen Rubin: Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look — you don’t get the incentive if you have a law that would “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.” [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5436312 Moe Lane » Nancy Pelosi’s non-tort reform. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:17 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5436312 [...] Jen Rubin: Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look — you don’t get the incentive if you have a law that would “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.” [...] [...] Jen Rubin: Remember Obama’s effort to try a “test” for tort reform? (We don’t actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi’s bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try “alternative medical liability laws.” But look — you don’t get the incentive if you have a law that would “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.” [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5436282 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Dems: You can have tort reform … Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:41:28 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5436282 [...] damages, such as those already in place in California and a handful of other states.  Jen Rubin at Commentary notices that Nancy Pelosi’s bill does actually allow for tort reform on pages 1431-1433 of [...] [...] damages, such as those already in place in California and a handful of other states.  Jen Rubin at Commentary notices that Nancy Pelosi’s bill does actually allow for tort reform on pages 1431-1433 of [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5434092 A Personal Promise Undone Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:25:33 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5434092 [...] The following, however, Really. Pisses. Me. Off. [...] [...] The following, however, Really. Pisses. Me. Off. [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5433822 Buried on page 1431: Potemkin tort reform Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:21:58 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5433822 [...] Jennifer Rubin notices: A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi health-care [...] [...] Jennifer Rubin notices: A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi health-care [...]

]]> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/148242/comment-page-1#comment-5433631 Anti-reform incentives in House health bill Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:02:37 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/?p=148242#comment-5433631 [...] Rubin at Commentary has the scoop on how the bill’s language will reward states financially if they do not “limit [...] [...] Rubin at Commentary has the scoop on how the bill’s language will reward states financially if they do not “limit [...]

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