TX Rep Michael Burgess: Masturbating Fetuses Mean We Need Abortion Ban

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29. Looks like limits on liability for malpractice is a main goal for "reducing health care costs."

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/prescriptive-policies-for-medical-malpractice/16101/



Texas Representative Michael Burgess warned in a 2010 New York Times post about the malpractice system that there is no quick fix for the American system: “Defensive medicine is a learned methodology, and one that cannot be unlearned quickly, and I believe this contributes significantly to the reason why costs do not decrease quickly and steeply after medical liability reforms are passed.” But there are a variety of reforms being explored — a majority of states have passed legislation with configurations of tort reform that range from proportional liability to damage caps. But such reforms also lead to disagreement between reform and patient advocates. In Texas, liability caps and requirements that mistakes in emergency room care be shown to be “willful and wanton,” are said to have decreased doctor’s insurance polices by thirty percent; however, some believe the quality of care has suffered as a result. The New York Times quotes a local doctor saying, “What Texans don’t know is that their Legislature has mandated a very low standard of care — almost no care.” And in addition, patients now may have a harder time finding lawyers to take a case with limited financial outcomes.


Also, see my post above.