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From the shores of Lake Erie

Ted Strickland, Very Bad for Your Health

 

Ted’s voting record of medical malpractice and tort reform is definitely pro trial lawyer.  Perhaps he does not realize that multimillion dollar payments to patients and their lawyers costs everyone, not just hospitals and doctors.

• Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on Prescription drug coverage under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Rated 89% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)

It’s this kind of anti-business, anti-medicine mentality we should avoid in Ohio.  Businesses, including physicians, are acutely aware of the cost of doing business in Ohio.  Given a choice between Ohio with high medical malpractice rates and other states with more favorable rates, we’re loosing the best M.D.’s to other states.Š