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Business Insurance, January, 2005

From his State of the Union address to the farthest stretches of the campaign trail, President George W. Bush made his commitment to tort reform quite clear. That was particularly true in regard to medical malpractice liability reform, which the president repeatedly cited as critical to making health care available to more Americans.

That was one issue upon which he never strayed off message. Despite the president's use of the bully pulpit, though, civil justice reforms failed to win congressional approval before the November elections. Now reform advocates hope the results of those elections will change that state of affairs. President Bush's re-election guaranteed that what is probably the most pro-tort reform administration in history can continue to...

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