Poll Vault: AP Poll Shows Most Americans Want to Curb Malpractice Lawsuits
Posted by The Campaign on November 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM
A recently released AP poll shows strong support for curbing medical malpractice lawsuits among Americans, and experts appear to share this view.
Here are a few key excerpts
"...54 percent favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients, while 32 percent are opposed. The rest are undecided or don't know."
"Limits on jury awards in malpractice cases could reduce the federal deficit by $54 billion over 10 years, says the Congressional Budget Office, because doctors caring for Medicare and Medicaid patients would order up fewer tests to guard against being sued."
"The bill addresses one of the problems with the health care system, which is lack of coverage, but it doesn't address the root causes of an extraordinarily inefficient delivery system," said Philip Howard, founder of Common Good, which advocates for changes to the malpractice system.
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