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Kayla: if theyd gotten more of the tumor out, maybe my life now could be a little bit better. rob stafford: patients and others hoping mark weinberger would be severely punished by the criminal justice system were soon disappointed. eight months after his return to the united states, federal prosecutors offered mark weinberger a plea deal, which he accepted. in exchange for agreeing to plead guilty to all of the federal insurance fraud charges, mark weinberger would get four years in prison. if ...

That would adjust frivolous lawsuits, malpractice suits? >> youre talking about malpractice reform, a part of the plank overall and cannot get in this bill, its not something that would fit with the so-called budget reconciliation rules, as i call them the budget reason killuation limitations. thats something that republicans are going to continue to pursue but a very heavy lift as the trial lawyers are a big funders as the democratic party and so theyre not going to give up on that easily. >> d...

That had a happy ending, didnt it? liz, look, this is what happens out there. malpractice suits are out there. the fact they found six over an entire career is ridiculous. >> i feel bad for the six though. those cases are shocking and awful. >> he cant talk about them. most of them -- >> by the way, this is the national enquirer. lets take a reality which can on that. this is the national enquirer. i would leak to see the court records on this. this is a disturbing story. i dont agree with ben c...

That had a happy ending, didnt it? liz, look, this is what happens out there. malpractice suits are out there. the fact they found six over an entire career is ridiculous. >> i feel bad for the six though. those cases are shocking and awful. >> he cant talk about them. most of them -- >> by the way, this is the national enquirer. lets take a reality which can on that. this is the national enquirer. i would leak to see the court records on this. this is a disturbing story. i dont agree with ben c...

Line then they can do that. >> john those states that have really instituted tort reform really cutting down on frivolous lawsuits like texas for example, they started that in the early 2000s. the doctors used to be leaving that state because of all the malpractice suits. now theyre coming back. and the lawyers are leaving. thats a good thickng right? >> its a beautiful thing. capital goes where its treated well. i think you hit on the important point that its occurring in states. states should ...

Than 120,000 vets waited far too long for doctors so see them. in addition, the feds have paid out $845 million to settle v.a. malpractice suits. senator coburn of oklahoma, a physician himself has identified $25 billion wasted by the v.a. despite that $100 million given to v.a. administrators in bonus money in 2010 alone. a shocking abuse of taxpayer money. and while all that was happening, president obama did nothing, absolutely nothing add that the border, iraq, putin, the irs and you have an...

Veterans whenever i can. and i also have been involved in federal courts claims act litigation over the years for different reasons in my personal injury practice. >> so its my understanding that sometimes attorneys dont want to get involved because the fees are limited to 20% of any kind of a settlement. and also explain for us how the doctors at these v.a. centers, theyre not held up to the same standards as private doctors with malpractice suits, correct? >> well, the fees are lower, thats on...

Center for a hospital. if you spend $250,000 for the unit, in one year its paid for itself. every test you ask for after that is pure profit. now, theyre motivated by profit and also theyre motivated by the idea of covering themselves against possible malpractice suits. so tort reform, whether folks on the left would like to hear that or not, tort reform has to be a part of this. >> its an amazing article. i recommend this to people. jeffrey kluger thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. ...

welcome, everybody. our "starting point" is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? >> the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. theyre 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very close...

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