Jon L. Christensen: “do not be confused about the opponents that I just heard visit on this, this little child will be compensated for those…”

“do not be confused about the opponents that I just heard visit on this, this little child will be compensated for those damages for the rest of her life. The plaintiffs bar are going to try to confuse the issue here, but in Omaha, NE, an ob/gyn pays 20,000 in medical malpractice insurance. Just across the river that same ob/gyn pays 60,000 in medical malpractice insurance. Why? Because of the reason we have tort reform in Nebraska. We have a cap on medical malpractice in Nebraska. And that is why we need to continue to enforce this State by State so other States can enjoy what we have in my home State. Because of the litigation explosion, the cost of insurance to obstetricians jumped 350 percent between 1982 and 1988. In some areas a doctor will spend over 100,000 on medical malpractice insurance. Faced with these numbers, many doctors cannot afford to deliver babies in rural areas and poor areas. We need to put a reasonable ceiling on health care liability so it will open the way for lower insurance costs. Too many personal injury lawyers are making their careers out by waging war on doctors these days. Because of their activity, men and women and children across this land are going to suffer each and every day. This bill restores some common sense to what we need to restore in our civil justice system.”