Law Suits Increase Health Costs

What could save enormous costs but is hardly ever mentioned by ObamaCare is tort reform. Even though the government will tell the doctor how to practice, he or she could still be sued for malpractice. All that’s needed is a cap on lawsuits, something the lawyers are successfully lobbying against.

At least 25% of medical costs are for defensive medicine. Yet, impartial arbitration panels could determine whether patients have been harmed, and how, and for how much they ought to be compensated. Without lawyer imagination, subterfuge and costs.(See the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)