Baltimore Sun, MD - Aug 26, 2209
...First, the conservative myth. "Why is it ... in this grand health care debate we hear not a word about one of the worst sources of waste in American medicine: the insane cost and arbitrary rewards of our malpractice system?" ...
Opinion - Rick Taylor: 1,000 pages of undecipherable regulations not the answer
The Olympian, Olympia, WA - Aug 26, 2009
...If Congress really wants to put health insurance within the reach of everyone then they should address things that make it expensive. A simple law requiring the loser of a medical malpractice suit to pay the costs of the winner’s lawyers would be a great start...
Opinion - Reg Henry: Lawyers the death of health-care reform
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Aug 26, 2009
...It is also obvious that people who are really done a wrong as a result of medical malpractice -- perhaps involving one of those prescriptions written in Old Norse -- should be justly compensated. However, justly compensated shouldn't mean being enriched by a judicial lottery system that increases medical costs every time the lawyers spin the wheel...
Opinion - Vendie H. Hooks III, M.D.: Consider medical, social policy factors in debate
The Augusta Chronicle, GA - Aug 26, 2009
...The argument that the opposing view uses is that the awards in malpractice cases are minuscule in terms of the total of money spent on health care. That is a ridiculous argument...
Editorial: Prescription for health debate: respect, civility
The Bakersfield Californian, CA - Aug 25, 2009
...Opponents are overwhelmingly concerned about the perceived move toward socialized medicine, use of federal money to fund abortions, malpractice tort reform, rationing of care and the overall cost of the proposed bills. Expect many of the same topics tonight. Hope and pray the debate is tempered with respect and appreciation for civility...
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