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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Doctors v Lawyers in Ballot Fight

    Election day is one week away, and doctors and lawyers in California are locked in an expensive fight over one ballot measure. Proposition 46 would raise the cap on certain damages in medical malpractice lawsuits from $250,000 to $1.1 million, and require random drug testing of doctors. What are opponents and advocates arguing?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 28, 2014 • 1 min read

    Election day is one week away, and doctors and lawyers in California are locked in an expensive fight over one ballot measure. Proposition 46 would raise the cap on certain damages in medical malpractice lawsuits from $250,000 to $1.1 million, and require random drug testing of doctors. What are opponents and advocates arguing?

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      Madeleine Brand

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    Snail Mail Surveillance and Tough Choices for Transgender Kids
    1. 0:00Snail Mail Surveillance
    2. 8:31Doctors v Lawyers in Ballot FightYou’re reading this
    3. 16:48Goodbye, Chivas USA
    4. 24:51Transgender Kids, Tough Choices
    5. 42:01Romance Novel Gold Rush
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