Posts tagged health care reform

• Medical Malpractice Liability System a Small Portion of Health Care System

  Christopher Nace | September 12, 2010 1:30 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  During last summer's debate over health care reform we heard a lot about the need for tort reform and to control the costs associated with medical liability. A recent study appearing in Health...

• Insurance Industry Acknowledges Extreme Cost of Medical Errors

  Christopher Nace | August 11, 2010 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Pop Tort reports today that the insurance industry has finally had to concede a point it has been fighting for some time: medical errors cost the economy and extraordinary amount of...

• ABC News Reports Most Doctors Will Face Only One Lawsuit During Career

  Christopher Nace | August 06, 2010 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  ABC News reported today that according to the AMA most doctors will face only one medical malpractice lawsuit throughout their entire careers. First, we must consider that The survey was funded...

• Health care Reform Must Put Patients First Because Medical Errors Happen All Too Often

  Christopher Nace | November 16, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There has been a lot of emphasis during the health care reform debate on medical malpractice reform. But this report by CNN's Heidi Collins demonstrates just how frequently egregious medical errors...

• Loser Pays Tort Reform Would Bar All Medical Negligence Cases

  Christopher Nace | November 04, 2009 10:24 AM | 5 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A story in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution discusses a plan by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to enforce a loser pays system in medical negligence...

• A Doctor's Perspective on Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | October 28, 2009 10:46 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. is a brave man. In an article he has penned for the online magazine Salon, Dr. Parikh takes on his colleagues, peers and the American Medical Association and challenges the...

• The Reality and Injustice of "Caps" on Noneconomic Damages

  Christopher Nace | October 19, 2009 10:12 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  So-called caps on non-economic damages have been making a lot of news these days as part of the health care reform debate. The idea is to limit non-economic damages--or damages for pain and...

• President Uses Tort Reform -- or Patient Rights -- as a Bargaining Chip

  Christopher Nace | September 09, 2009 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  During his speech to the a joint session of Congress tonight, President Obama discussed a perceived need for medical malpractice reform: Finally, many in this chamber - particularly on the...