The Des Moines Register, IA - Jul 7, 2009
...President Barack Obama should be commended - not castigated - for having the gumption to tell American Medical Association delegates that he does not support capping damages in medical malpractice cases...
Opinion - Harry Rosenfeld: We already ration health care
The News Times, Danbury, CT - Jul 7, 2009
...Traditionally, prescription of multiple tests and procedures is laid off as a response to the threat of malpractice suits. But Gawande surmises that much more is attributable to some doctors viewing their work as a business practice...
Opinion - George F. Ball: Ration trial lawyers, not services, to lower the cost of health care
Investor's Business Daily - Jul 6, 2009
...If the Obama administration and our legislative leaders were really interested in lowering health care costs, the all-too-obvious anecdotal and survey evidence points to billions of dollars of annual savings that could result from dramatically limiting the costs of unnecessary medical tests and practices that are forced on doctors due to liability fears stemming from our U.S. tort system...
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