BELLEVILLE - The state will address a growing medical malpractice insurance crisis now facing Illinois doctors once the passionate debate dies down, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Monday. "After some of the temperatures lower and those with hard feelings ... have a chance to cool off, I'll convene all the different participants," Blagojevich said, "so we can try to come up with something we can get done this year that will help our doctors." The Democratic governor admitted there are "fundamental differences" from parties on both sides of the issue that would have to be worked out before reform could become a reality -- namely the doctors' call for caps on malpractice awards and the lawyers' opposition to them.
Posted by Editor at June 8, 2004 02:21 PM