side note: Could this be the start to the end of the blatant case of medical malpractice in Nevada where potentially hundreds of patients were negligently exposed to hep c? A district judge Monday approved a settlement of 18 medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from the Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak. The settlement with 18 former […]

side note: Most doctors in the United States support tort reforms that would make it more difficult to sue for medical malpractice, arguing that this would decrease the cost of healthcare. This doctor’s essay makes the opposite claim. When you start thinking of how much money is spent on malpractice insurance for doctors, $22 billion, […]

side note: Part of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is to implement alternative medical malpractice resolution systems. Will such experiments be enough to cut down on defensive medicine and reduce the overall cost of healthcare in the United States? When President Barack Obama addressed Congress earlier this year on health care reform, one […]

side note: Did the insurance industry shoot itself in the foot? Did the industry’s attempt last week to torpedo reform place itself in the crosshairs to have its anti-trust exemption revoked? This is a scenario that will play itself out over the course of the next two months. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has acknowledged […]

side note: One thing good for the insurance industry amongst the obviously difficult discussion of healthcare reform is that tort reform is finally getting debated on a national forum. Can the industry capitalize on America’s sudden interest in a dry subject? Tort reform is a subject that has been in the news in recent days. […]

side note: As the healthcare debate rages on, and tort reform is more frequently mentioned as a bargaining tool with the Republican Party, the idea of medical malpractice courts is gaining steam. Is this the answer to the tort reform debate? In the continuing community debate over health-care reform, many writers have emphasized the need […]

side note: A press release from the New York Trial Lawyers Association, take this message with a grain of salt. That said, how much of what they are saying is true? And is federal tort reform worth the hassle if end-user healthcare prices won’t really drop with any significance? The endless barrage of allegations by […]

side note: A new Congressional Budget Office report indicates that reforming the medical malpractice resolution system will have little savings. Reporting from Washington – Medical malpractice reform is unlikely to cut healthcare spending significantly, the Congressional Budget Office reported Friday. Enacting a cap on pain-and-suffering and punitive damages, changing liability laws and tightening the statute […]

side note: Here is a development that could have an impact over whether or not federal tort reforms end up in the final healthcare reform bill. Lawmakers could save as much as $54 billion over the next decade by imposing an array of new limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, congressional budget analysts said today — […]