I am against caps on rewards to victims of careless, lazy doctors; though in favor of caps on rewards to victims who failed to folllow their doctors' orders.

In my case, the doctor who was supposed to be monitoring my medications after valve replacement surgery, was to busy over a weekend shortly after the surgery to be bothered. He was involved in a golf tournament designed to raise money for a political party and could not take the time to read a short report which would have alerted him to the fact my blood was too thick and that situation could result in a stroke. When he finally got around to reading the report, instead of hospitalizing me, where I could be constantly monitored, he had me take a large dose of blood thinner. 24 hour later I suffered a crippling stroke that left me unable to walk and with the use of only one hand.

I sued, and won, but because of the reward cap in my home state, it took a mere seven years to use up the money I received; the vast majority of it being used for medicines and necessaey medical equipment.

There is no amount of money that could compensate me for my medical loss, but I should not have to become a burden on my adult children because of the doctor's zeal to raise money for a politician!