US health and litigation reform ‘key to economy’

By Claire Wilkinson, Los Angeles

FORMER congressman Newt Gingrich yesterday pinpointed health and litigation reform as critical for the future health of the US economy. Mr Gingrich, widely recognised as the key strategist and leader behind the 1994 Republican victory in the US, was speaking to a packed conference hall on the second day of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) meeting.