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No doctors at the table in medical malpractice reform roundtable
22 Dec 2025 09:11 GMT
Only one person from the public showed up to Friday’s roundtable for Senator Parkinson's Bill 82-38, known as the “Do No Harm Anti-Medical Misconduct Act.” Dededo resident Joseph Arriola came in support of the measure but withheld his testimony, saying …
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'Nobody could make the time': No medical professionals at medical malpractice hearing
20 Dec 2025 09:00 GMT
… the discussion on reform of Guam’s medical malpractice laws.
At … conduct pretrial screenings and medical malpractice cases is not an … 82-38 aims to reform the medical malpractice system, “particularly the … a brief history of medical malpractice law in Guam.
In …
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New Mexico OB/GYNs struggle under weight of malpractice insurance cost
25 Dec 2025 17:39 GMT
… pointed to complicated 2021 reforms to the Medical Malpractice Act as one culprit … for the sharp increase.
Among the reforms … 2017 and 2021 – before the Medical Malpractice Act reforms passed – the state lost …
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Lawmakers focused on money, crime
24 Dec 2025 12:50 GMT
… forums:
Reeb: Criminal justice reform essential
Reeb, a prosecutor … on meaningful criminal justice reforms that the people of … Reeb that juvenile crime reform remains a priority among … massive problems with crime and medical malpractice support. We need to …
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Virginians show favorable view of hospitals
23 Dec 2025 13:09 GMT
… , Virginians support keeping the current medical
malpractice damage award cap of $2 … for maintaining the law while reforming
it. Just 15 percent favor …
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Letters: Louisiana never learns right lessons on insurance
22 Dec 2025 14:28 GMT
… by repeating the 1975 Medical Malpractice Act is the kind … the obvious: the 1975 Medical Malpractice Act is not a model … insurance. Their 2020 Tort Reform Report noted that while caps … injured victims.
And the medical malpractice cap doesn't …
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Doctors a no-show for hearing on medical arbitration overhaul
22 Dec 2025 13:17 GMT
… Guam Legislature passed the Medical Malpractice Mandatory Arbitration Act.
… 82-38 proposes to reform the system once again … blanket requirement that all medical malpractice claims go through … acknowledged that other recent reform attempts by the Legislature …
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The truth behind New Mexico's doctor shortage | Opinion
22 Dec 2025 10:53 GMT
… centered on a single myth: medical malpractice reform will increase the number of … perhaps NM should eliminate our medical malpractice caps.
The root cause of … charge more to protect the medical malpractice fund.
The result was liability …
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LETTER: Low turnout at 'Do No Harm Act' roundtable hearing
21 Dec 2025 01:53 GMT
… to change Guam’s current medical malpractice law, which requires mandatory arbitration … importance of the matter. The medical malpractice law affects families across the … medical malpractice law has been in place for more than three decades. Reform …
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Dannemann: Lawyer-Legislator Interferes With Health Care Access
20 Dec 2025 14:51 GMT
… firm, Curtis & Co., lists medical malpractice as its first area of … portion of our practice to medical malpractice law,” says the company’s … that are urgently needed, including reforming our medical malpractice law (which I have …