As many of you know, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) plans to sponsor a national version
of California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act that would allow full recovery of
economic damages—including lost earnings, medical care, and rehabilitation costs—but would cap noneconomic damage
awards at $250,000. MICRA does not, however, place a cap
on punitive damages.
At this time, Senator Feinstein needs Democratic Senate coauthors for her
bill. Strong Democratic support will significantly increase the chances
that her "pure MICRA" bill will pass.
CMA asks physicians to write to a targeted group of
Democratic senators and urge them to coauthor the bill. Contact information for
those senators is available below. CMA is working with other state medical
societies to urge Senate Democrats to follow Feinstein’s lead.
Contact: Rachel Doherty Smith,
916/444-5532 or rsmith@cmanet.org.
Targetted Senators for Co-Authorship on National
MICRA
Extra attention should go to Miller, Nelson, and
Baucus. CMA has heard that with some more pressure, they may we ready to
coauthor. Please let CMA know if any of these Senators indicate to you that they
are ready to coauthor the bill.
*Senator Herb Kohl (-WI)
330 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5653
E-mail: senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov
*Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
720 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6551
Web form: http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html
*Senator Zell Miller (D-GA)
257 Dirksen Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3643
Web form: http://miller.senate.gov/email.html
Max Baucus (D-MT)
511 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2651
http://baucus.senate.gov/emailmax.html
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
463 Russell Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
http://bayh.senate.gov/WebMail.html
John Breaux (D-LA)
503 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
E-mail: senator@breaux.senate.gov
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
717 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Web form: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Senate Thomas Carper (D-DE)
513 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Web form: http://carper.senate.gov/email-form.html
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
448 Russell Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Web form: http://dodd.senate.gov/webmail
Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI)
506 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3424
E-mail: Russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
Bob Graham (D-FL)
524 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3041
E-mail: bob_graham@graham.senate.gov
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
706 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4041
Web form: http://lieberman.senate.gov
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
355 Dirksen Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4843
Web form: http://lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
324 Hart Senate Office
Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5141
E-mail: tim@johnson.senate.gov
