Experts debate the fate of health-care bill
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jan 21, 2010
...Reichman, a plastic surgeon, says he supports an overhaul, but he wants a bill that includes changes in malpractice rules, reductions in administrative costs, changes in Medicare-payment rules for doctors, and more money for primary care...

Editorial: Democrats have not made case
Wichita Eagle, KS - Jan 21, 2010
...The House Republican plan offered last fall didn't count. Though it had some good ideas, including medical malpractice reform, it would have increased the number of uninsured to 52 million people by 2019 and increased the deficit...

Opinion - Peter Morici: The message from Massachusetts
Statesman Journal, Salem, OR - Jan 21, 2010
...Real reform would reduce drug and administrative costs to those in other advanced countries, like Germany or Holland, and end waste imposed by malpractice suits those countries don't endure...

Obama weighs paring goals for health bill
New York Times, NY - Jan 20, 2010
...as well as aid for small businesses for health costs and possible steps to restrict malpractice lawsuits. But as Mr. Obama noted on ABC, a pared-down package imposing restrictions on insurers might make coverage unaffordable, which is one reason he prefers a broad overhaul...

Editorial: After Massachusetts
Chicago Tribune, IL - Jan 20, 2010
...And they'd control health costs in part by reining in the medical malpractice system that raises insurance premiums and forces doctors to order tests to protect themselves from lawsuits...

Editorial: Health reform
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT - Jan 20, 2010
...Among them is the government insurance plan -- the public option -- that would compete with private insurance policies and help control costs. Another is the repeal of the anti-trust exemption for health care insurers and medical malpractice insurers...