Civil Litigation
Jul. 3, 2019
MICRA needs to go
As our troops were coming back from the Vietnam war, insurance company lobbyists and special interests groups saw their opportunity to get their bought and paid for politicians to pass law that would help insurance companies make more of a killing than they already were. It was 1975, the end of the Vietnam War, when the California Legislature drafted the Medical Insurance Compensation Reform Act.
Nicholas Rowley
Nick Rowley is a national trial lawyer, published author, philanthropist, and founder of Trial Lawyers for Justice who represents injury victims and their families across the United States.
As our troops were coming back from the Vietnam War, insurance company lobbyists and special interests groups saw their opportunity to get their bought and paid for politicians to pass law that would help insurance companies make more of a killing than they already were. It was 1975, the end of the Vietnam War, when the California Legislature drafted the Medical Insurance Compensation Reform Act. Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law in September of that year, two years...
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