Defensive medicine costs lives. That’s in addition to 26 percent of all health care spending that is caused by defensive medicine, according to a recent Gallup survey. “Cause of death: Defensive medicine” gives several examples of how the threat of lawsuits caused doctors to follow a course of action that was ultimately detrimental to the patient. This highlights the need to reform our medical malpractice system.
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