{"id":66,"date":"2016-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/new-york-senator-cashes-in-after-blocking-important-malpractice-law\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:10:45","slug":"new-york-senator-cashes-in-after-blocking-important-malpractice-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-senator-cashes-in-after-blocking-important-malpractice-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New York senator cashes in after blocking important malpractice law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The death of Lavern&#8217;s Law saved hospitals and insurers a lot of money. Should that money go to a senator who helped kill it?<\/h2>\n<p><i>This post is <strong>not<\/strong> a political endorsement. It is meant to call attention to the forces that affect victims of medical malpractice.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, New York legislators considered a bill that could have made it easier for countless victims of medical negligence to pursue compensation under the law. Despite widespread support, it was blocked &#8211; in large part by GOP senator and Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon.<\/p>\n<p>Why would the chair of the Senate Health Committee oppose a bill that&#8217;s good for patients? According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/group-fought-lavern-law-spends-big-senator-helped-article-1.2823910\">New York Daily News<\/a>, It might have something to do with the powerful Greater New York Hospital Association, which loudly lobbied against the bill. The Association has formed a Super PAC that has spent nearly $200,000 on Senator Hannon&#8217;s behalf.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-senator-cashes-in-after-blocking-important-malpractice-law\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading New York senator cashes in after blocking important malpractice law\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of Lavern&#8217;s Law saved hospitals and insurers a lot of money. Should that money go to a senator who helped kill it? This post is not a political endorsement. It is meant to call attention to the forces that affect victims of medical malpractice. Earlier this year, New York legislators considered a bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[31,7],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","category-uncategorized","tag-health-care","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York senator cashes in after blocking important malpractice law &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; October 24, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New York senator cashes in after blocking important malpractice law - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-senator-cashes-in-after-blocking-important-malpractice-law\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New York senator cashes in after blocking important malpractice law &#8212; 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