On the recordJuly 9, 2003
The Wall Street Journal says: As federalists, we think this wave of state reform is probably better than a single national law. Unlike class actions, which damage commerce nationwide, medical liability affects health care in individual states. It goes on: The argument for national reform is that the crisis is too acute to wait for a 50-State trench warfare, especially against a trial bar grown so rich on tobacco and asbestos shakedowns that it can buy entire legislatures.
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