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Bill: Medical Malpractice Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal-Progressive Union
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2092
Description[?]:
| This bill allows a patient who suffered serious bodily damage due to the negligence of the performing doctor to sue that doctor for a capped amount of monetary restitution. Examples include serious trauma, internal damage, or death during surgery. Wrong diagnosis of illness, and wrong treatment of illness that results in patients lifestyle seriously altered due to the doctors error. The malpractice suits will be heard before a judge and after both sides have stated the facts involved, the judge decide whether a monetary reward is warranted. If the patient is given restitution it will be capped so as the maximum amount they could receive after the bills are covered will be no more than 40% of the cost of the bills that were incured during the legal preceedings and any follow up treatment that was done in a private clinic. This will allow the patient to recieve some income while they recover and allow the doctor to continue practicing without bankrupting themselves. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors only if death occurs.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: Lawsuits may only provide money for medical and legal expenses.
Proposed: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:30:04, August 06, 2005 CET | From |   Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Act. |
| Message | The restitution amount can be altered. Any thoughts on this? |
| Date | 13:29:49, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Act. |
| Message | This sounds fairly reasonable, we certainly agree with a cap on monetary damages but what bills are you referring to in the description? Presumably you are referring to legal bills as the NHS is free at the point of need. |
| Date | 13:33:31, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Act. |
| Message | That's correct. Legal bills, bills that may arise if the patient needed surgery performed at a private clinic, and if the injuries were suffered by a doctor in a private clinic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 400 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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