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Are Frivolous Lawsuits Driving Up Healthcare Costs?

A new nonprofit organization, "Lawsuit Abuse Makes Us Sick," says they are and invites all to their Million Email March on Washington, D.C. A senior counselor for the group, Dr. Elizabeth Connell wants Americans to know how frivol...

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Do frivolous lawsuits drive up health care costs?

Absolutely. Which is why we need aggressive tort reform now to drive these cost down. We also need the government to lift mandates on some of the ridiculous procedures insurance companies are required to cover, doing so would allow insuranc...

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1017 pages in HR3200 and not ONE WORD on tort reform. Why is that? Could it be that it was written by lawyers?

Q: The health industry agrees... only trial lawyers benefit from the frivolous malpractice lawsuits that drive up healthcare costs.

A: Tort reform HAS taken place in most states.


 

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