Sen. John Cornyn (R – Tx) addressed Sen. Max Baucus on the issue of his health refom proposal. Cornyn proposes a medical malpractice amendment (i.e. tort reform) that would cap a jugement at $1 million (Cornyn amendment D 13). Currently, there are 27 states that have some sort of medical malpractie laws, both Democrat and Republican, all of which have judgment limitations much lower than the $1 million that Sen. Cornyn has proposed.
Will the amendment pass, or be blocked like most of the other Republican proposals?
Video of address below
Liked this part, probably not the same amendment you are referring to:
ROCKEFELLER: This is a very very important amendment, and it’s a very very bad amendment. If there’s anything which is clear, it’s that the insurance industry is not running this markup, but it is running certain people in this markup. [...]
CORNYN: With all due respect, senator, I don’t know what amendment you’re referring to —
ROCKEFELLER: I’m referring to yours.
CORNYN: — you’re certainly not referring to my amendment —
ROCKEFELLER: I am.