Medical liability may run afoul of "Byrd" rule, forcing item from budget bill.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MEDICAL LIABILITY "BYRD" RULE CHALLENGE MAY BE INSURMOUNTABLE, according to House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Archer (R-Tex.). Archer told reporters Nov. 7 that because of the "Byrd rule problem" faced by medical liability and other provisions of the House budget bill, "I don't know if we're going to be able to draft around it." One top House GOP aide went slightly further, saying that malpractice provisions wouldn't last through the Senate.
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