Malpractice Lawsuits Are ‘Red Herring’ in Obama Plan

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#1 Malpractice Lawsuits Are ‘Red Herring’ in Obama Plan

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[quote]Protecting doctors from lawsuits may do more to gain political cover for President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul than to rein in medical costs.

While Obama vowed to address physicians’ malpractice worries in a speech yesterday, annual jury awards and legal settlements involving doctors amounts to “a drop in the bucketâ€
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