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Arlen Specter: “I support legislation which would address the serious problems faced today by doctors, hospitals and other medical…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2003
I support legislation which would address the serious problems faced today by doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals and at the same time provide balance to treat fairly people who are injured in the course of medical treatment. While most of the attention has been directed to medical malpractice verdicts, the issues are much broader, involving medical errors, insurance company investments and administrative practices. I support caps on noneconomic damages so long as they do not apply to situations like the paperwork mix-up leading to the erroneous double mastectomy of a woman or the recent death of a 17-year-old woman on a North Carolina transplant case where there was a faulty blood test.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Discussing medical malpractice legislation and its implications for patients and medical professionals.

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