Posted on 09/11/2009 12:44:14 PM PDT by rrstar96
BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana's top health official said Thursday that the state will keep an open mind on whether to apply for the demonstration projects touted by President Barack Obama this week as a way to reduce medical malpractice suits.
But state Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine said the pilot programs Obama is proposing would likely be ineffective in reducing health-care costs unless they remove doctors' fears of getting sued.
"The state of Louisiana would probably participate in anything that would help improve patient safety," Levine said. "But this is not real tort reform."
Levine's comments came a day after Obama, offering an olive branch to congressional Republicans skeptical about his other prescriptions for health-care overhaul, said his administration plans to implement demonstration projects that were first discussed during the George W. Bush administration.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Pelican State ping
Skeptical? Now, what is wrong with a little Marxism to replace our Constitutional Republic? Such narrow-mindedness —— (/s)
additional:
Health care plan’s effect on Medicare questioned
Times-Picayune | September 11, 2009 | Jonathan Tilove & Bruce Alpert
Posted on 09/11/2009 12:50:08 PM PDT by rrstar96
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