Macon Telegraph Editorial: Tort Reform Legislation Went Too Far, Need Insurance Reform Now

An editorial in today’s Macon Telegraph notes that some Republican legislators who supported the tort reform legislation last year now feel that they went too far. Some now want to roll back the virtual immunity from liability that was granted to emergency room doctors. Judges have held unconstitutional portions of the tort reform bill in 16 cases, and I understand there are Republican legislators working on bills to fix some of the more egregious constitutional flaws in the legislation. The editorial concludes: “Perhaps the Legislature, should it choose to correct earlier inequities, might consider insurance reform as a way of protecting the medical profession from unreasonable as well as irresponsible insurance costs.”

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