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Shielding Doctors From Med-Mal Doesn't Help the Bottom Line on Health Care Costs

By Carolyn Elefant

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In a speech yesterday at the American Medical Association's annual meeting, President Obama told doctors that his plan to reduce medical costs and increase coverage can't succeed without tackling the problem of medical malpractice liability and out-of-control jury awards. But in truth, malpractice claims comprise only a small portion of overall healthcare costs and are not considered major drivers of those costs, reports Bloomberg. Roughly 10 percent of the cost of medical services is linked to malpractice lawsuits and more intensive diagnostic testing due to defensive medicine, according to a January 2006 report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the insurers' group...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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