tort reform

The bill setting up voluntary and confidential mediation between doctors and patients over medical errors heads to the House

January 31, 2013 -- A heated debate over medical liability reform pitted physicians against each other and came extremely close to the tipping point when the Oregon Medical Association’s board of trustees met last Saturday. Legislators, defense attorneys and malpractice insurers even joined the fray.

February 2, 2012 -- Despite pressure by Republicans to include tort reform in legislation that will transform Oregon’s healthcare system during the February legislative session under way, that issue will have to wait until 2013, predicted Sen. Alan Bates (D-Medford.