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Senate hearing to address LTC liability crisis
LTC Liability Monitor, July 14, 2004
In response to soaring liability insurance costs for physicians in nursing homes, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing tomorrow to examine the potential crisis, according to a committee press release.
Titled "Medical Liability in Long-Term Care: Is Escalating Litigation a Threat to Quality and Access?" the hearing comes as the Senate is considering legislation to move class action lawsuits to federal courts in an attempt to stop lawyers from "seeking easier state courts that are known to hand out huge awards," states the press release.
Prepared witness testimony will be available at http://www.aging.senate.gov when the hearing begins at 2:00 p.m. in Washington D.C. Afterward a Web cast will be posted under the "Hearings" section of the site.
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