Perry Touts Tort Reform, Stem Cell Efforts in New York
NEW YORK — Gov. Rick Perry bragged on Texas' history of tort reform and the state's research into adult stem cell therapy on Wednesday at a conference hosted by Forbes magazine to address issues of cost and affordability in the American health care system.
In an interview with Steve Forbes, Perry said Texas "was called a litigation hellhole” before legislation he championed limited the scope and scale of malpractice lawsuits. “Personal damage lawyers are now one of Texas' exports,” he added.
And he said innovations in stem cell therapy, of which he was a beneficiary in the months before his ...
Comments (8)
Stirling Greenlee via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You're kidding.
Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He is clueless and living in the same bubble FAUX viewers inhabit.
Samdavis
Who needs tort reform when the court is stacked against consumers?
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tort reform is a complete joke. All it has done is take away Your Constitutional right to a trial by jury and allow insurance companies and medical providers to avoid/evade accountability. Tort reform has NOT decreased insurance premiums, health care costs or increased physicians. Big fat GOP LIE.
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas has the most uninsured as I recall too. I don't think this is something to brag about, do you?
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Interesting, one-half of Texas' GDP is tax subsidies and tax deals to lure or secure corporations.... to bulk up the 2% of Texas
Barbara Nalls Griffin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He is such a Liar, hope he gets voted out next time. If he can run.
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He is a dope.
See -- "Hot Coffee" a documentary about the lie that is tort reform.