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House passes bill to cap some malpractice damages

June 30, 2017

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to limit non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases and impose new deadlines to file such cases.

The Protecting Access to Care Act limits non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 and imposes a three-year deadline to sue practitioners if the care was fully or partially funded by the federal government.

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