Health Care & Hospital Law
Dec. 31, 2009
Tort Reform 'Savings' Ring Hollow
Attorney Jeffrey Lowe comments on the claim that healthcare reform cannot be achieved without tort reform.
By Jeffrey Lowe
President Barack Obama's critics say that he is engineering a government takeover of health care or trying to bring "socialized medicine" to America. These allegations are simply false. Opponents of change in the nation's medical care are making an issue of "tort reform" as a means to lower the costs of medical services to Americans. However, these "savings" from tort reform ring hollow upon analysis. Michael Hiltzik writes in the Los Angeles Ti...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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