Posted on 09/17/2009 9:57:44 AM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is announcing $25 million in grants to states and health care systems to launch a national experiment on alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits.
The grants will be up to $3 million each for three years. They can be used to examine a broad range of ideas, including programs in which doctors and hospitals quickly acknowledge a mistake, offer an apology and restitution, and pledge to take corrective action.
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The list, ping
where's that popcorn icon?
Maybe they can agree to stand in the corner for an hour or so.
King Henry VI, Part II, (Act IV), Scene 2,
Any surpise this came out right around the time they came out with Universal healthcare?
How about an alternative to Federal Grant programs?
Throw more money we don’t have at the problem....can’t piss off those lawyers, can we?
When did doctors, who save lives, go so much lower on the rats totem pole than fricking lawyers. The rat party is sick.
What are the trial lawyers being asked to do?
NOTHING!
Actually, if doctors would come off their high horse and admit that they do make mistakes, a lot of lawsuits could be avoided. Doctors shouldn’t be sued for mere mistakes, only for negligent ones. The trouble is in telling the difference.
I took a tort class while on college. Medical malpractice is serious, it’s real, and I can’t imagine another alternative. If the tort reform is pointing fingers to those are filing suits because they are too stupid to read directions or have no common sense...I agree, but am confused as to what people think the solution would be.
Lie number 200,348,319 out of obammy’s mouth.
LLS
Oh please. What a waste of money. King Obama supports lawyers for malpractice suits.
Clever way to delay it for 3 years and pretend he is doing something about it.
Reporter (not likely): "Mr. President, what about tort reform?"
Teleprompter: "I, uh, we, have put together uh, a system to uh, study that. Let me make it clear that we are uh, not ignoring the problem."
Loser pays (as in the UK). Cap on punitive awards.
The trouble is telling the difference, and how does one legislate that? Human errors are inevitable, but there are suppose to be safe guards to prevent them...even that system isn’t perfect.
The solution would be addressing what drives the lawsuits. Yes, sometimes a victim really wants to screw the doctor, but most suits are out of fear of costs to be incurred in the future for the mistake that was made. The lawsuit provides a mechanism to get the capital needed to address those costs. Develop another source of capital and much of the suits will go down.
“Public Option” and WALLA no “malpractice” suits.
Betcha that YOU are an “expert” in medicine.
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