MICRA Under Attack; Changing/Overturning MICRA Impedes Access to Health Care for Californians In early May, California’s trial attorneys launched an all-out assault on California's historic tort reform law, which since 1975 has helped keep malpractice premiums in-check and ensured that California’s patients have access to affordable health care. May 10, 2013 Advocacy, MICRA, News, Politics and Medicine Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act , medical malpractice, MICRA, professional liability 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA asks California Supreme Court to Depublish Case that Ignores MICRA's Definition of Professional Negligence SFMS and the California Medical Association, together with other amici, has asked the California Supreme Court to depublish an appellate court opinion that thwarts the long-standing definition of "professional negligence" in California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. The ruling, if allowed to stand as precedent for future cases, could be misused to undermine the goals of MICRA and adversely affect the entirety of the health care system and safety net in California. May 10, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, MICRA, News, Politics and Medicine Flores vs. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act , MICRA, professional liability 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Prevents Last Minute Move To Scuttle MICRA; MICRA Is Preserved In the last days of the 2012 legislative session, a shell bill (SB 1528) was gutted and amended in an attempt by trial lawyers to undermine California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). SFMS/CMA rallied its grassroots advocacy network and was able to thwart this move and the bill is dead for this legislative season. September 4, 2012 Advocacy, MICRA, Politics and Medicine SB 1528, MICRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Oppose SB 1528 -- Last Minute Legislation Threatening MICRA SB 1528 is a last minute legislation that would undermine the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA). If passed, the bill would artificially inflating economic medical expense damage awards in managed care cases. This, in turn, would increase medical malpractice premiums for physicians, many of whom would be forced to close shop thereby further limiting access to care for all Californians. CALL NOW to urge your legislators to VOTE NO on SB 1528. August 31, 2012 Advocacy, MICRA, Politics and Medicine, SFMS Member Events Legislative advocacy, Legislative Alert, MICRA, SB 1528 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Spotlights Advocacy and Community Health Efforts at General Meeting September 13, 2011 CMA, Local Events, MICRA, SFMS Member, SFMS Member Events CMA, James Hinsdale, SFMS General Meeting 1 1 Comment Read More »
