Julian Bond said "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." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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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Julian Bond

Alabama

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for state reform in medical liability during a Senate debate.

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