NU Online News Service, April 6, 3:25 p.m. EDT

A state legislative group has asked a House committee to drop efforts to impose a "one-size-fits-all" standard on medical liability through federal legislation.

The comments by officials of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in a letter to the Health Subcommittee of the Energy & Conference Committee also says such legislation "inappropriately seeks to preempt various areas of state law."

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