One of the issues with our healthcare pertains to medical malpractice. Hospitals are being sued millions and even tens of millions of dollars in some cases, and consequently the malpractice insurance companies are forced to increase premiums for physicians, which is contributing to the overall increase in the cost of healthcare for patients. Barack Obama states that something should be done, but he does not support caps on medical malpractice awards. If not set caps on awards, can we at least set caps on lawyer compensations? When a doctor is sued for $3 million, the patient nowadays doesn't even get to keep half of that because the lawyer takes millions. If we limit what lawyers can take, we could probably lower $3 million to $1.5 million yet the patient is awarded just the same. Any other thoughts?
Orignal From: What should we do to reform medical malpractice law?
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