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ACOG liability reform.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists is concerned that its position regarding an incremental strategy for medical liability reform was not fully represented in the article "AMA Pursues Tort Reform Strategy" (Jan. 1, 2004, p. 1).
After the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act passed the House but failed in the Senate, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and other leaders called a meeting with several specialty groups, including the American Medical Association and ACOG, to propose another legislative approach for passing a liability reform bill. The senators intended to pass a bill focusing on the hardest-hit specialties. The legislation would then be referred to the House-Senate conference committee that would be expected to broaden the bill to cover all medical specialties. That was the objective behind the Gregg-Ensign tort reform proposal.
This focus on certain specialties was always intended to be strategic in nature, not exclusive of other specialties. The senators wanted to get ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, ACOG liability reform.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)