Voice of Reason Reaches Albany On Neurologically Impaired Infant Debate
Thanks to Assemblyman Rory Lancman, of Queens, the folks behind Gov. Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) have been presented with an alternative to their plan to establish a Neurologically Impaired Infant Fund (NIIF) to address compensation for infants hurt or killed during the delivery process. According to Capital Tonight, Mr. Lancman’s plan is pretty simple. [...]
What Albany’s Tort “Reform” Push Ignores: Facts
In the debate on how to control the rising cost of healthcare, and legal costs associated with it, facts have never stood in the way of many supporters of tort “reform.” But it is particularly galling when that approach is used against the most defenseless of all of us: infants-and particularly those entering the world [...]
And the Debate on the Proposed Medical Malpractice “Reform” Continues
OK, friends. This has been a hot issue on my solo practitioner list serve, which found my recent response too long to digest. So I’ve put it here, along with the post from Patrick to which I was responding. ———————————————————————- Your message cannot be distributed to the SOLOSEZ list because it exceeds the maximum message [...]