Bush Pushes for Lawsuit Reforms

NPR | By Don Gonyea

Published January 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

President Bush travels to Collinsville, Ill., to call for reforms that would make it harder to file medical malpractice lawsuits, while also capping damages. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

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