Baucus tweaks health bill
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Sep 23, 2009
...But Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the panel, charged that the White House and the Democratic leadership had rushed the bill, effectively ending the deliberations of the bipartisan "Gang of Six." He added that "there are a lot of things I can support in this package," praising the bill's "fiscally responsible" approach of fully offsetting its costs. But he said it imposed new taxes, failed to prevent taxpayer funding of abortions, and left medical-malpractice reform unresolved...

Opinion: David Leonhardt: A system breeding more waste
New York Times, NY - Sep 23, 2009
...A grand compromise along these lines may be unlikely. But it’s a lot more consistent with the evidence than narrower ideas. The goal, remember, isn’t just to reduce malpractice lawsuits. It’s also to reduce malpractice.

Editorial: Obama's malpractice on medical lawsuits
Washington Examiner, DC - Sep 23, 2009
...As Barbour puts it, medical malpractice reform is the "lowest-hanging fruit" in the debate over spiraling medical costs. Such reform cannot solve all of the complex problems in our health care system, but it will reduce the drag that high health care costs are having on our economy...

Trial lawyers fight back on malpractice
The Boston Globe, MA - Sep 22, 2009
...The American Association for Justice announced today it is launching what it called the first phase of a nationwide ad campaign "to educate lawmakers about the epidemic of preventable medical errors and how tort law changes won’t lower costs or cover the uninsured."...