Individual awards are capped at $5m for players suffering from Alzheimer's, $4m for deaths from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and $3m for players suffering from dementia.
Currently, the annual number of visas awarded to skilled foreign workers is capped at 65,000.
While an unfair dismissal payout is capped at £74,000, or a year's pay, discrimination awards are unlimited.
The projects are a concession to Republicans by the president, who has said he does not perceive medical malpractice to be a big factor in the cost of health care and does not think liability awards should be capped.
Individual awards would be capped at $5 million for men with Alzheimer's disease; $4 million for those diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy after their deaths; and $3 million for players with dementia.
Scheiner, like most others in his profession, thinks that it should be harder to sue doctors and that awards should be capped.
Although the A.M.A.'s highest legislative priority is capping jury awards, highly unlikely under the Obama administration, it does favor legislation like that proposed by Senators Obama and Clinton.
There have been assertions that some people at the bottom will receive nothing and that awards at the top will be capped.
