Obama Must Push Tort Reform to Lower Health Care Costs
As the administration and Congress try to hit the restart button on health care reform, it’s worth noting that one glaring omission from the debate has been tort reform. For all of the talk about making health care more affordable and lowering premiums and costs, it is inexplicable that this promising mechanism for cost-savings continues to be ignored by the president and Congressional Democrats.
Defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits and multimillion-dollar jury awards in malpractice cases ...