Health Care & Hospital Law
May 1, 2020
Ballot initiative to raise MICRA postponed until 2022
Supporters who say they have 988,000 signatures to get the proposition on the ballot, said voters are overwhelmed because of the economic impacts of the coronavirus.
Proponents of a ballot initiative to change California's cap on non-economic medical negligence damages said Thursday there were delaying their effort until 2022.
A news release from the group Consumer Watchdog said they would no longer seek to get the Fairness for Injured Patients Act on the 2020 ballot due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Voters are overwhelmed with trying to keep their families...
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