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While revisions to America’s healthcare system are currently being debated on the floor of Congress, four legal experts tackled the issue in a panel discussion at the Law School yesterday. The panel, entitled “When Medical Care Compromises Financial Health: Causes and Possible Solutions,” focused on the under-reported issue of insurance often not protecting against financial troubles brought on by high healthcare costs. “The rising cost of medical care in the United States is driving up premiums, and what’s been going on under premiums...
...first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.” President Barack Obama retook control of the drawn-out national debate on health-care reform with his recent address to Congress. Some amalgamation of the five bills currently before Congress will probably become law this year...
...Congress has offered worthwhile, partial solutions. Universal coverage will allow everyone to visit a doctor before minor health issues turn into expensive, life-threatening ones. A proposed insurance exchange for individuals and small businesses will promote greater competition between insurers, making coverage cheaper. Cutting Medicare reimbursement rates will encourage greater efficiency from doctors and hospitals. These provisions will achieve real cost savings from...
...other policy measures that offer larger savings exist, such as a robust public option, medical malpractice reform, and direct negotiations with pharmaceutical companies on drug prices. Aside from the public option, these potential “game-changers” have received inadequate consideration from Congress...
...President Obama, in a sop to Republicans, spoke favorably of medical malpractice reform in last week’s speech. But his proposed action on this front (the creation of a committee to make recommendations to Congress) is a cop-out. This is not surprising, given trial lawyers’ support for the Democratic Party. Malpractice lawsuits, while a necessary recourse for victims of medical errors, impose a cost on health-care providers. Fearing lawsuits, doctors buy expensive malpractice insurance and order unnecessary tests. Juries, lacking medical expertise, are generally poor assessors of guilt: A study in the New England...