When children can’t get the preventive care they need, like refilling their asthma medicine or G-tube formulas, they end up in the emergency department or hospitalized by Dr. Sophia Meharena, Sentinel Guest ColumnistApril 30, 2024 As a pediatrician at Every Child…
A bill to raise certain medical-malpractice damage caps could increase insurance premiums for health-care professionals.POSTED BY: ED SEALOVER APRIL 12, 2024 As business and trial-attorney groups continue their staredown over a potential ballot battle on lawsuit damage caps, Colorado legislators are advancing a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER – April 11, 2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 24-130 (SB-130) on a 4-1 vote, legislation which will protect Coloradans' access to quality, affordable health care. The bill must now clear the full Senate…
POSTED BY: ED SEALOVER APRIL 4, 2024 Eliminating caps on noneconomic damages for lawsuits involving catastrophic injury and death, as a proposed ballot initiative aims to do, could cost Colorado $2.1 billion in annual gross product and 15,500 jobs, according to a study…
By Carol Cox and Catrina Bubier Apr 10, 2024As obstetric gynecologists, we provide high-quality health care to women from all walks of life in Colorado. We conduct cancer screenings, monitor high-risk pregnancies, deliver babies and much more. Yet our ability…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04.10.2024 Contact: Kyle Piccola Phone: (720) 289-7371 Email: KPiccola@healthiercolorado.org **Statement of Support** HEALTHIER COLORADO SUPPORTS A HIGHER NON-ECONOMIC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAP AND BELIEVES A CAP IS BEST TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO CARE Healthier Colorado Aims to Avoid Costly Ballot Fight…
CREDIT: By Kati Weis | Updated on: February 28, 2024 / 8:50 AM MST / CBS Colorado Some people opposed to removing caps on pain and suffering damages are speaking with CBS News Colorado following this story showing why some Colorado attorneys feel…
Proposed legislation that would dramatically increase the cap on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases would intensify a doctor shortage in Nevada, opponents say.Voters nearly 20 years ago approved the cap on noneconomic damages when medical malpractice…
SACRAMENTO — Cash payments in California medical malpractice cases would go up for the first time in nearly five decades under a deal between rival interest groups announced Wednesday that avoids a costly battle at the ballot box in November.The overhaul to…
