Topic: Defensive medicine

October 8, 2012

The Cost of Defensive Medicine

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: […]

October 13, 2011

Patients’ Compensation System

By Richard L. Jackson Executive Summary  The current medical liability tort system is exceptionally expensive, complicated and only awards 20 percent of all legitimate malpractice claims – leaving many patients […]

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