It pains me to see all the misinformation re RTT. It’s NOT a new right. It allows patients ineligible for trials & who have no treatment options to ask the company making experimental drugs if they may try the drug. (U’ve been able to do that 4 decades.) Access isn’t guaranteed
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Replying to @ABatemanHouse
It helps to eliminate concerns, of legal action a company or a doctor may have for prescribing such a drug that has not been FDA-approved yet. The medical industry, especially, is always afraid of being sued for trying something outside of the box. Please try to be more positive
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Replying to @MaNoLiToCoNo
I can’t be more positive if it doesn’t square with the facts! I’ve NEVER had a company tell me liability was a concern in their decisionmaking re access & 2 separate searches of law literature turned up no such cases. There r ways to make companies more willing: liability’s not
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Replying to @ABatemanHouse @MaNoLiToCoNo
As for drs, maybe. Maybe they were scared of being sued. But all drs in the US already have insurance that would cover them in case of such suits, &the likelihood of the suit being successful is, in my opinion as a non-lawyer, exceedingly slim. (Have discussed with real lawyers!)
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Replying to @ABatemanHouse
You couldn't be more wrong. Most doctors do not have malpractice insurance. Please stay focused on the issue. This is about the pharmaceutical companies
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Replying to @MaNoLiToCoNo @ABatemanHouse
Completely incorrect. Nearly all doctors are required to have malpractice insurance as a condition of obtaining privileges at hospitals and healthcare facilities. Some states require it for licensure.
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Replying to @gorskon @ABatemanHouse
Again, ladies and gentlemen. No one wants to get sued. Any legislation that alliws a doctor to think & prescribe, outside the box, for people that desperately need alternative treatment, is a good thing Something's better than nothing Cost of Rx & Ins. Co's have destroyed MDs
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Replying to @MaNoLiToCoNo @ABatemanHouse
Nice pivot to ignore the fact that your claim that most doctors don't have malpractice insurance was bullshit.
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You're not very good at this. That's Florida, and what percentage of Florida doctors "go bare"? I looked up that article, since you didn't provide a link. It doesn't say. The author is a malpractice lawyer; so he's hardly unbiased. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/spencer-aronfeld/medical-malpractice-insurance_b_2455946.html …
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