Gov. Gary Locke and other Democrats have proposed spending $30 million to ease malpractice insurance costs for some of the state's doctors, setting up a confrontation with advocates of strict limits on pain and suffering awards in malpractice cases.
The money proposed is the sweetener in a proposal aimed at reducing malpractice insurance costs without limiting legal judgments.
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