Democrats Prefer Trial Lawyers to Lowering Health Care Costs
Democrats voted against an amendment offered by Rep. John Linder (R-GA) to prohibit the government-run exchange from operating in States that do not provide for reasonable medical liability regulations. Fundamental health reform and bending the cost curve cannot be considered serious and complete without addressing medical liability reform. Many physicians are forced to provide unnecessary and duplicative tests to protect themselves from overzealous trial lawyers, resulting in fees of billions of dollars and wasted resources every year.
This amendment to limit participation in the exchange to those living in states with meaningful medical malpractice reforms was
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Mr. RANGEL
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Mr. STARK
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Mr. LEVIN
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Mr. MCDERMOTT
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Mr. LEWIS (GA)
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Mr. NEAL
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Mr. TANNER
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Mr. BECERRA
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Mr. KIND
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Mr. PASCRELL
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Ms. BERKLEY
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Mr. CROWLEY
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Mr. VAN HOLLEN
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Mr. MEEK
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Ms. SCHWARTZ
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Mr. DAVIS (AL)
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Mr. DAVIS (IL)
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Mr. ETHERIDGE
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Ms. SÁNCHEZ
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Mr. HIGGINS
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Mr. YARMUTH
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Mr. CAMP
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Mr. HERGER
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Mr. JOHNSON
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Mr. BRADY
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Mr. RYAN
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Mr. CANTOR
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Mr. LINDER
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Mr. NUNES
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Mr. TIBERI
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Ms. BROWN-WAITE
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Mr. DAVIS (KY)
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Mr. REICHERT
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Mr. BOUSTANY
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Mr. HELLER
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Mr. ROSKAM
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Totals
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