Bay Area News Group : Proposition 46 Goes too Far, We Urge a No Vote : "Let's begin with the primary

(October 27, 2014) Newspapers statewide are recommending that voters reject California Chamber of Commerce-opposed Proposition 46 , a trial lawyer-sponsored measure that seeks to increase the cap on noneconomic damages for medical malpractice lawsuits
Proponents sweetened the measure by also proposing new random drug testing requirements on physicians and requiring health care providers to consult an electronic database regarding patient prescriptions before issuing any new prescriptions.
Proposition 46 would quadruple the limit on medical malpractice awards in California, which will cost consumers and taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year in higher health care costs, and cause many doctors and other medical care professionals to quit their practice or move to other states with lower medical malpractice insurance premiums .
Los Angeles Daily News :  Prop. 46 Not the Way to Boost Patient Health : “But we can’t see how increasing the number of and amount involved in lawsuits against doctors could do anything but drive up health care costs and reduce access to care. Keep in mind that an injured patient can sue for all actual losses — medical bills, loss of income, etc. — and the pain-and-suffering part comes on top of that.”  (10/02/14)
Bay Area News Group : Proposition 46 Goes too Far, We Urge a No Vote : “Let's begin with the primary objective for trial lawyers, the main financial backers of Prop. 46. For years they have been seeking to increase the state's financial cap on malpractice awards.” (08/07/14)
U-T San Diego :  Prop. 46: Trial Lawyers’ Pathetic bus travel for sporting events in chicago Scam : “After more than a century of experience with direct democracy, Californians who pay attention to the process are attuned to how special interests try to use it to dupe voters for their own gain. That’s why we’re confident bus travel for sporting events in chicago they’ll see through the pathetic scam that is Proposition 46.” (09/22/14)
Bay Area News Group ( Contra Costa Times , San Jose Mercury News , San Mateo County Times , East County Times , The Oakland Tribune : Proposition 46 Goes Too Far, We Urge a No Vote (08/07/14 and 08/11/14)
California’s liability limits for medical malpractice awards for noneconomic damages (“pain and suffering”) have been in effect since 1975, when the Legislature responded to a crisis of availability and affordability of malpractice bus travel for sporting events in chicago insurance. Californians have benefited from these limits in better access to health care since doctors can afford malpractice insurance. In addition, lower cost of malpractice is one area where California health care costs are lower than the rest of the nation.
The electronic prescription drug database – which is not yet even operational and proven – will be controlled by the state government. Since the database has not yet demonstrated its data security to date, this measure could threaten bus travel for sporting events in chicago individuals’ privacy by requiring a massive expansion of the use of a personal prescription drug database.
The measure bus travel for sporting events in chicago also would require alcohol and drug testing of doctors, which was included in this initiative to distract from the main purpose: to quadruple the limit of awards that the state allows for medical malpractice lawsuits.
If medical malpractice awards go up, health insurance companies will raise their rates to cover their increased costs. When health care insurance companies raise their rates, bus travel for sporting events in chicago Californians pay more in health care premiums, and fewer doctors and other medical providers can afford to serve Californians.
Far outweighing any benefits are the consequences of Proposition 46: higher costs of health care, higher taxes, lost access bus travel for sporting events in chicago to doctors, loss of privacy, and risk that personal prescription drug history will be compromised.