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This 5 page report discusses the issues
associated with tort reform, the Bush Administration’s perspective on the topic, and the
people and groups who both support and oppose reform. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWtortre.rtf
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in Washington, D.C., the issue rarely gets any farther than discussion and debate. President George W. Bushs remarks at the University of Scranton (Pennsylvania) in January of this year indicate
that he believes it is time for the discussion to begin again. In fact, he brought the issue up again in his State of the Union speech when he called
for a reform of medical malpractice liability. The public is generally divided on the issue since they have seen in so many high-profile cases in which the "little guy" finally
gets what he or she deserves from the big, bad corporate monster. And yet, there is also a strong measure of disgust at the ways in which it seems that
anybody will bring legal action against anybody over anything. News stories of fat people suing McDonalds for making them fat (or making the drive-through coffee too hot) and the other
types of "junk lawsuits" that are clogging up the American judicial system. It seems obvious that they system has to change but the question is how. The Administrations Proposal President
Bush and his Administration make it clear that they believe that court awards in injury cases must be capped in terms of both pain and suffering and punitive damages. Hofmann
(2003) believes that the Presidents: "... call for the reform of medical malpractice liability during his State of the Union address may signal that more comprehensive civil justice reforms may
be possible" (pp. 3). In the annual address, Bush spoke about the "constant threat that physicians and hospitals will be unfairly sued" as being one of the most important reasons
for skyrocketing health costs (pp. 3). Hofmann quotes President Bush as saying: "No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit; I urge the Congress to pass medical liability
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