[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14583-14584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MEDMAL ACT OF 2010

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, last month, along with fellow physician

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Congressman Phil Gingrey of Georgia, I introduced the MedMal Act of 
2010, legislation aimed at enacting a meaningful medical liability 
reform.
  Unlike ObamaCare, this legislation will increase access and lower 
health care costs for patients, physicians and our government by 
reducing needless costs incurred because of defensive medicine. 
Furthermore, this reform will strengthen the doctor-patient 
relationship by encouraging collaboration between parties when a 
medical incident occurs.
  Repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with patient-centered reforms 
continues to be our primary goal, a goal that our constituents sent us 
here to achieve.
  Thus we remain committed to passing comprehensive medical liability 
reform as part of the solution. With a savings of at least $200 billion 
annually in defensive medicine costs, there is no reason not to act 
immediately.

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