PIP week 6, 2012 – not quiet, not moving

Neither the House nor the Senate moved on PIP reform this past week (week 6 of the 2012 Florida legislative session). But PIP wasn't out of sight or mind either.

Governor Scott, CFO Atwater, and support groups kept the issue alive, as reflected below:

• “This is, to me, a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t we want to fix it and be aggressive in fixing it?,” said Governor Rick Scott, after he and CFO Jeff Atwater witnessed the Highway Patrol’s demonstration of staged auto accidents. See Scott gets up close look at auto insurance fraud tactic. The demonstration of staged accidents in posted on YouTube, at Highway Patrol stages PIP crash for Governor and CFO.  And for more information, see the website Put the Brakes on Accident Fraud.

• “It’s complicated. It’s a complex system and reforming it isn’t simple,” commented House Speaker, Dean Cannon, on the difficulties of passing PIP reform. See Are PIP and Medicaid alike?

For an earlier post, see PIP bill clears first Florida Senate hurdle in 2012.

This summary was prepared by Perry Cone and posted at TallyInsLaw.com.

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