Trial lawyers are a big reason health-care costs are on the rise, American Medical Association President J. James Rohack told a group of Harvard Business School alumni today.

Because the nation’s legal system rewards those lawyers who pursue claims against physicians, to protect themselves, physicians frequently order expensive, and sometimes unnecessary, tests for their patients.

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Viagra

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Are you listening Mr Sokolove?

 

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7samurai

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No healthcare reform without tort reform.

 

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speakeasy

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Tort reform, no s**t Sherlock. Where is it in the bill? Let the physicians do their jobs without worrying about extravagant malpractice insurance.

 

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