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Hon. George W. Gekas: “Recapturing my time, I would say notwithstanding the gentleman's own State policy and my own State policy of not having…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1995
Recapturing my time, I would say notwithstanding the gentleman's own State policy and my own State policy of not having this collateral source, 20 other States do have it. So in those States which we have reviewed, and particularly that in California where their whole system is based around these elements of medical liability reform, these objections or concerns of the gentleman's have been resolved over time, and in balance what has happened is that the public has benefited, in California where this is in place, with a stabilized system of medical liability and the costs that are attached thereto.
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Hon. George W. Gekas
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the benefits of medical liability reform in California compared to other states.

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