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Bill: Abolition of the Malpractice Cap Act

Details

Submitted by[?]: Telamon Royalist Party

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: July 2293

Description[?]:

Malpractice awards are currently capped. While this may seem to be necessary to keep doctors in practice, the fact remains that there are some cases of malpractice so glaring as to make this law oppressive. Seriously, would you state that there should be a legal maximum on the value of a family member's life?

Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date02:11:58, October 03, 2006 CET
FromCatholic Workers Union
ToDebating the Abolition of the Malpractice Cap Act
Message"This certainly makes no sense. Good point."

-George Henry
IADP MP

Date03:44:53, October 03, 2006 CET
FromTelamon Royalist Party
ToDebating the Abolition of the Malpractice Cap Act
Message((OOC: I lost my mother to gross malpractice in the United States in 2003, and then, before we could file, Oregon went and instituted a $500,000 cap. According to our lawyer, and indeed according to the DOCTOR'S lawyer, we had a solid case for about $4.5 million, based on her life expectancy and the fact that she was my primary caregiver (I have severe epilepsy. No, computers don't trigger it, before you ask.) And now we were being told she wasn't worth it. You can see why I'm trying to get this one changed, no?))

Date13:48:55, October 03, 2006 CET
FromPáirtí Sóisialach
ToDebating the Abolition of the Malpractice Cap Act
MessageAgain, the Centre party would like to make its expressions of sympathy to the TRP and commit itself to support on this issue.

Date20:04:54, October 03, 2006 CET
FromTelamon Socialist Party
ToDebating the Abolition of the Malpractice Cap Act
MessageThe Socialist Party agrees that it is wrong to cap the value of a human life, but would like to point out that this may lead to the loss of certain persons' lives being awarded greater compensation in a courthouse, and this would then imply that some are worth more than others. Due to this, we will not support this bill, but will not stand against it either.

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
    

Total Seats: 300

no
 

Total Seats: 0

abstain
  

Total Seats: 0


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