Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
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Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort system, they argue, and we fix rising health-care costs. And year after year, Democrats resist placing arbitrary caps on awards to people who may have suffered from an egregious medical error. The fight plays out like a predictable old Western -- good guys versus bad guys. Depending on your politics, the villain is either the greedy doctor or the ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NewsRack (Health Care)
This is exactly the focus congress avoids in its rush to pass anything that remotely appears to be health care reform.