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Doctors, governor rally for tort reform in Kentucky
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Feb. 23, 2004
About 350 physicians and others who support medical liability reform in Kentucky gathered Feb. 5 in Frankfort to urge lawmakers to adopt legislation that supports a constitutional amendment allowing reasonable limits on noneconomic damage caps in medical malpractice lawsuits.
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, MD, and AMA President Donald J. Palmisano, MD, were among those who attended Healthcare Unity Day, sponsored by the Kentucky Medical Assn. and the Kentucky Hospital Assn. The state is one of 19 the AMA lists as being in the midst of a medical liability insurance crisis.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/02/23/gvbf0223.htm.