Florida Amendment 3 Will Harm Patients, Increase Taxes; Special Interest Measure Will Not Lower Medical Malpractice Premiums

U.S. Newswire › September 29, 2004

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Amendment 3 will endanger the health of Floridians and increase costs to taxpayers, a national consumer organization concluded in a policy analysis of the proposal on the Florida ballot in November. The analysis can be downloaded at http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/ healthcare/rp/

The California-based, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a leading citizen research and advocacy group on insurance and tort issues, concluded that Amendment 3 would:

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Florida Amendment 3 Will Harm Patients, Increase Taxes; Special Interest Measure Will Not Lower Medical Malpractice Premiums

-- "Encourage reckless and dangerous conduct by health care providers, particularly HMOs and incompetent o...

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