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Tort Reform Doesn't Actually Save Much Money by David Atkins

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1Peter G19/22/2014 6:26:01 am PDT

re: #1 aagcobb

There’s a reason no country with a good universal health care system uses the court system to try and regulate improper behavior in health care. If you have a bad doctor you get rid of that doctor. You don’t award ten of millions of dollars in compensation beyond what is needed for the support of the aggrieved patient because that only takes money away from the taxpayer and other patients who need those resources. Especially when a huge portion only goes to support the lawyers. Punitive damages only add to health care costs without really fixing anything. Saying tort reform doesn’t solve the problem with health care costs in the US, which is true, is not the same as saying it isn’t a contributing factor, which it is.