Interview with Shawnda Westly
SacTown Talks
English - April 23, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsNews Society & Culture sacramento california political news kamala harris hillary clinton republican politics policy liberal news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today’s interview is with political consultant Shawnda Westly. She tells her heartbreaking story of medical malpractice and an in-depth look at California’s Medical Insurance Compensation Reform Act. MICRA limits the amount of money patients can receive in damages. She discusses how MICRA works, including some parts that are relatively unknown, why the laws should be changed, what type of resistance there is to change the law, and how monopoly power affects change.
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