Health care damage restrictions to be on November ballot in Arkansas – Ozark Radio News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas voters this fall will be allowed to think about a constitutional modification that might restrict non-financial damages in lawsuits towards health care suppliers and set a restrict on contingency charges legal professionals might obtain in medical damage instances.
The group Health Care Access for Arkansas, whereas soliciting signatures this yr, stated the state was one of many 10 worst for the influence that “predatory attorneys” have on the health care system.

Under the proposal, attorneys might be restricted to receiving one-third of damages gained in lawsuits towards health care suppliers. It would additionally require legislators to restrict non-financial damages, resembling these for ache and struggling.

The group Committee to Protect AR Families stated in a press release the proposal would take rights away from weak individuals.

The proposal wanted signatures from 84,859 registered voters — or 10 % of the quantity of people that voted in the 2014 gubernatorial election. Secretary of State Mark Martin stated his employees validated 92,997 signatures.

The damage-limits proposal joins a voter-backed medical marijuana plan that has already made the Nov. eight ballot. Another medical marijuana measure might go earlier than voters, too, together with one permitting casinos in three counties — if sufficient signatures are validated for every.