St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Oct 26, 2009
...Within the week, a House committee approved the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, which would make health and medical malpractice insurers subject to federal laws that prohibit "price fixing, bid rigging" and other anti-competitive behavior...
Opinion - Kevin Pho: Any malpractice reforms should put patients first
USA Today - Oct 26, 2009
...Many physicians advocate caps on malpractice awards, but this does little to ensure that patients are compensated fairly or expeditiously, nor will it improve safety...
Opinion - Carson E. Beadle: Health care on the move, but not where it should be
Naples Daily News, Naples, FL - Oct 25, 2009
...There is no attempt to rein in medical liability through tort reform so that protective medicine will continue unabated, draining as much as 8 to 10 percent of total health costs for questionable diagnoses and therapies...
Opinion - Cecily Hastings: Conservative feels left out of health reform debate
The Sacramento Bee, CA - Oct 25, 2009
...It also has been shown that lowering medical malpractice insurance rates reduces both the use and cost of medical services. And yet the bills currently before Congress don't include these reforms...
Opinion - Brooks Jackson: New study finds limiting malpractice liability could cut health costs
Nashua Telegraph, Hudson, NH - Oct 25, 2009
...So while there is now clear evidence that limiting malpractice liability can save money, it’s not nearly as much as some proponents have claimed. And on the question of whether patients would suffer, the jury is still out.
Opinion - Sally C. Pipes: Understanding all the facts about the uninsured
Washington Examiner, DC - Oct 25, 2009
...Finally, we must reform the medical malpractice system. According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, doctors practice about $210-billion worth of defensive medicine each year because they are afraid of being sued...
New malpractice idea in health care debate
Kansas City Star, MO (Associated Press) - Oct 24, 2009
President Barack Obama’s willingness to consider alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits is providing a boost for taking such cases out of the courtroom and letting experts, not juries, decide their merits...
Opinion - Nick A. Frentz: In response: Lawsuit cap won't bring savings
The Free Press, Mankato, MN - Oct 24, 2009
A recent Free Press editorial suggested that we take a closer look at the federal government imposing legal reforms like damage caps in medical malpractice cases (“Lawsuit Limits are Worth Looking At”, Oct. 15, 2009). Fair enough; here is one lawyer’s view...
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