The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform
Michelle M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D., M.Phil., and Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Although enthusiasm for health care reform is resounding in Washington these days, the specific shape reform will take and
the compromises that will have to be made along the way are
opaque. Currently, much of the discussion centers on possibilities
for insurance mandates, a public insurance plan modeled after
Medicare, and the methods that will be used to control costs.
1 Many other issues will have to be addressed, including physician
payment reform, the future of Medicare Advantage, providers'
participation in public programs, the role of expansions of
Medicaid, and of course, the funding mechanism for any increase
in government expenditures. A further question is whether the
reform package should include reforms to the medical liability
system, which is often blamed for contributing to rising health
care costs./.../
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