12:01 AM CDT on Monday, September 8, 2003 Listen to the commercials in support of Proposition 12, and you'll get the idea that if Texans vote no on Sept. 13, your family doctor, neurosurgeon and anyone with a medical degree will fade into history. Not so. The commercials, which feature Gov. Rick Perry's plea for passage, distort the implications of Prop 12. As a result, they risk misleading voters into supporting something they're sure to later regret. The untold fact in these ads is that the Legislature already has capped non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. This spring, the Legislature...
