Ballot Measure Aims at Patient Safety by Raising Limits on Malpractice Suits

August 19, 2014

In a California Healthline report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed the arguments surrounding Proposition 46, a November ballot measure designed to improve patient safety by targeting physicians — raising the pain-and-suffering limit on malpractice lawsuits, requiring drug-testing of doctors and mandating use of a drug-reporting system that currently is voluntary.

The report includes comments from:

Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, the main backer of the ballot initiative;
Amitabh Chandra, a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government;
Cathy Frey, CEO of the Central Valley Health Network; and
Richard Thorp, president of the California Medical Association (Goldberg, California Healthline, 8/20/14)

You can download a PDF of this report.

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<h1>Ballot Measure Aims at Patient Safety by Raising Limits on Malpractice Suits</h1><p>In a <em>California Healthline </em>report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed the arguments surrounding Proposition 46, a November ballot measure designed to improve patient safety by targeting physicians — raising the pain-and-suffering limit on malpractice lawsuits, requiring drug-testing of doctors and mandating use of a drug-reporting system that currently is voluntary.</p>
<p>The report includes comments from:</p>
<ul>
<li>Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, the main backer of the ballot initiative;</li>
<li>Amitabh Chandra, a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government;</li>
<li>Cathy Frey, CEO of the Central Valley Health Network; and</li>
<li>Richard Thorp, president of the California Medical Association (Goldberg, <em>California Healthline</em>, 8/20/14)</li>
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<p>You can <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/legacy/1805B978-EC7D-40CB-A668-417C8FA459C9">download a PDF</a> of this report.</p>
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