Cap on Attorney Contingency Fees – A Historic Opportunity!

Acc. to Bob White, Pres. of Med Mal Insurer FPIC, a cap on attorney contingency fees will have a significant impact in reducing the frequency and severity of claims and produce bigger savings to physicians than a $250,000 hard cap on damages.

The People of Florida are with us – polls show the FMA Const. Amend. on attorney fees passing with 70+ % on November 2. It’s ours to lose!

What’s needed

· 500,000 petitions signed by reg. voters (our patients) and $1000 per physician for a media campaign. We’re half way to our petition goal!

• All physicians are requested to have their staff provide the Amendment Petition, with an explanatory ‘Dear Patient’ letter, to their patients. (Both available, English or Spanish, from DCMA 305-324-8717)

· Every physician is requested to make a $1000 contribution (tax-deductible business expense) to ‘Citizens for a Fair Share, Inc.’ (check or credit card).

There is no time to waste. 3 months are left to complete petition collection. Funds are needed now for media buys to run prior to the November election.

Failure to collect enough petitions or funds will result in self defeat, to the detriment of our patients, ourselves and the future of healthcare in Florida.

Quoting AMA Pres. Palmisano at the 3-25-04 FMA Tallahassee Rally, “the Constitutional Amendment will change the course of history and reform the medical liability crisis forever.”

Stephan Baker MD, FACS

FMA/DCMA ‘Citizens for a Fair Share’ Coordinator for Dade County