Pros And Cons Of Medical Malpractice
overshadowing any race for a seat in the Senate.
With nearly $60 million stockpiled by opponents, the ballot measure was denied and failed in every California County. The failure left lawyers with their backs against the wall and the anticipation of prospective increases in pain and suffering payouts in medical malpractice became dim. Lawyers reported the limit on these awards make it economically impossible to take on frequent malpractice lawsuits. According to Melanie Mason who wrote in a Los Angeles Times (2014) the discord dates back to 1975, when the cap was first initiated. Early on, separation of support was clearly defined along predominantly partisan lines. For the most part, the California Medical Association and malpractice insurance companies allied with Republicans and the lawyers with Democrats. This then shifted over the years as Democrats concentrated their influence in the Legislature. Mason (2014) eloquently goes on to summarize what occurs next in the following quotation: …show more content…
Successive lobbyists have also come from Democratic ranks, such as women’s-rights groups and labor unions. The medical organization has spent nearly $22 million on lobbying since 1999, when online lobbying filings started. They’re joined on the issue by a deep-pocketed coalition of malpractice insurers, hospitals and dentists. The attorneys group has spent almost $18 million on lobbying since 1999. ‘Money talks,’ said Brian Kabateck, addressing the lawyers’ waning influence in the Capitol. Dustin Corcoran, chief executive of the California Medical Association, dismissed the claim that money makes his group more powerful, saying it has its own battles against well-funded
With nearly $60 million stockpiled by opponents, the ballot measure was denied and failed in every California County. The failure left lawyers with their backs against the wall and the anticipation of prospective increases in pain and suffering payouts in medical malpractice became dim. Lawyers reported the limit on these awards make it economically impossible to take on frequent malpractice lawsuits. According to Melanie Mason who wrote in a Los Angeles Times (2014) the discord dates back to 1975, when the cap was first initiated. Early on, separation of support was clearly defined along predominantly partisan lines. For the most part, the California Medical Association and malpractice insurance companies allied with Republicans and the lawyers with Democrats. This then shifted over the years as Democrats concentrated their influence in the Legislature. Mason (2014) eloquently goes on to summarize what occurs next in the following quotation: …show more content…
Successive lobbyists have also come from Democratic ranks, such as women’s-rights groups and labor unions. The medical organization has spent nearly $22 million on lobbying since 1999, when online lobbying filings started. They’re joined on the issue by a deep-pocketed coalition of malpractice insurers, hospitals and dentists. The attorneys group has spent almost $18 million on lobbying since 1999. ‘Money talks,’ said Brian Kabateck, addressing the lawyers’ waning influence in the Capitol. Dustin Corcoran, chief executive of the California Medical Association, dismissed the claim that money makes his group more powerful, saying it has its own battles against well-funded