When was micra passed

Three days later, on May 16, Brown yielded, issuing a proclamation for a special session that began on May Governor Brown signed the CMA-supported bill on September 23, , and MICRA today remains the model for national medical liability tort reform, as the law has been hugely pivotal in making access to care a reality for patients. An increase in the MICRA cap on non-economic damages has been rejected in California again and again: 10 times in court, five times in the Legislature and overwhelmingly by voters in The efforts of the California Medical Association CMA and the component medical associations across the state proved what we can do for the future of health care, the quality of medicine and the dedication to patients everywhere.

Again in , CMA is fighting a ballot measure being pushed by a wealthy out-of-state trial attorney that is heading to the November ballot that would substantially raise health care costs for all Californians, reduce access and exploit patients for profit. Once again, CMA has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, community clinics, advocates, labor groups and others to protect access to care for all California patients and oppose this dangerous ballot measure.

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But because of the tight caps on potential judgments, and because attorneys take the cases on a contingency fee basis i. Meanwhile, MICRA has failed to live up to its original goal of reducing medical malpractice insurance premiums for doctors.

In fact, national studies have shown that such premiums are actually more costly in states such as California with caps on damages. In the process we have battled deep-pocketed opponents with a vested interest in seeing that the law remains unchanged. Other states have caps that affect compensation for those harmed by medical negligence, and in several of those states those caps have been struck down by the courts.

Similar challenges in California courts have so far failed.