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Medmal Act of 2010

Floor Speech

Date: July 29, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance

Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, last month, along with fellow physician Congressman Phil Gingrey of Georgia, I introduced the MedMal Act of 2010, legislation aimed at enacting a meaningful medical liability reform.

Unlike ObamaCare, this legislation will increase access and lower health care costs for patients, physicians and our government by reducing needless costs incurred because of defensive medicine. Furthermore, this reform will strengthen the doctor-patient relationship by encouraging collaboration between parties when a medical incident occurs.

Repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with patient-centered reforms continues to be our primary goal, a goal that our constituents sent us here to achieve.

Thus we remain committed to passing comprehensive medical liability reform as part of the solution. With a savings of at least $200 billion annually in defensive medicine costs, there is no reason not to act immediately.


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