David Dewhurst on Health Care

	David Dewhurst on Health Care

Reduce medical lawsuit abuse clogging our court system

Just a short time ago, the Wall Street Journal dubbed Texas the "lawsuit capital of the world," Doctors and health care professionals fled from Texas, and frivolous lawsuits crippled economic development in our state. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst took on the powerful trial lawyer money machine and passed groundbreaking tort reform legislation to reduce lawsuit abuse clogging our court system. Dewhurst has successfully fought tort reform rollbacks in every legislative session since.

David passed landmark tort reform legislation (HB 4) that became the model for the nation
David passed historic "Loser Pays" legislation to stop frivolous lawsuits
David championed Proposition 12, amending the state constitution, capping all physicians' total liability for non-economic damages at $250,000 per claimant

Source: 2012 Senate Campaign website, dewhurstfortexas.com, "Issues" , Mar 25, 2012

Replace ObamaCare with free-market healthcare

Repeal ObamaCare

Repealing ObamaCare will save American taxpayers at least $540 billion over the next ten years.
The uncertainty of ObamaCare is keeping businesses on the sidelines and is directly responsible for companies not hiring.

Dewhurst Plan: Free-Market Healthcare

Create a permissive free-market system.
Expand the individual health insurance market.
Bring Texas-style lawsuit reforms to Washington.
Equalize tax treatment.

Source: 2012 Senate Campaign website, dewhurstfortexas.com, "Issues" , Mar 25, 2012

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