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Capito Cosponsors Medical Liability Reform Legislation

Press Release

Date: June 7, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Legal


Capito Cosponsors Medical Liability Reform Legislation

Seeking to reduce the number of frivolous medical lawsuits that increase the cost of healthcare and drive many doctors out of business, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) this week cosponsored the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely, Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, legislation introduced this week.

The legislation reforms America's medical liability system by making it more favorable for patients and less favorable for trial lawyers by abolishing financial incentives for filing expensive lawsuits while maintaining a fair and timely reparations process for patients who have been wronged.

"Frivolous lawsuits are making healthcare more expensive and driving good doctors out of business," said Rep. Capito. "Such out-of-control litigation threatens access to healthcare across our country, especially those in rural America. The reforms contained in this legislation will cut frivolous lawsuits in order to increase access to more affordable healthcare."

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