Medical Professional Liability and Health Care System Reform

Medical professional liability and health care system reform.

Few issues elicit more emotion from physicians than medical malpractice. The very word "malpractice" implies guilt and immediately places the involved physician on the defensive. Defensive medicine adds 5% to 9% to the cost of medical care. Numerous solutions have been proposed, but special interests have blocked the implementation of these solutions in most states. Tort reform is necessary to ...

Medical liability and health care reform.

We examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on medical liability and the controversy over whether federal medical reform including a damages cap could make a useful contribution to health care reform. By providing guaranteed access to health care insurance at community rates, the ACA could reduce the problem of under-compensation resulting from damages caps. However, it may also exac...

Health care in crisis: the need for medical liability reform.

Reforming the medical professional liability insurance system.

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The role of medical liability reform in federal health care reform.

Currently, much of the discussion centers on possibilities for insurance mandates, a public insurance plan modeled after Medicare, and the methods that will be used to control costs.1 Many other issues will have to be addressed, including physician payment reform, the future of Medicare Advantage, providers’ participation in public programs, the role of expansions of Medicaid, and of course, th...