{"id":32427,"date":"2009-07-13T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/medical_malpractice_myths\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:58:15","slug":"medical-malpractice-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medical-malpractice-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Malpractice Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Obama administration is proposing health care reform, big insurance companies and some doctors associations are attempting to graft so called &#8220;tort reform&#8221; into the legislation. Georgia residents are already faced with a very restrictive system which affords doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals with extraordinary protections against lawsuits. Even in the worst cases of malpractice victims are restircted to a recovery for non economic damages of no more than $350,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times today ran an excellent guest editorial regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serious-injury-litigation.com\/lawyer-attorney-1259781.html\">medical malpractice <\/a>reform by Tom Baker, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. It is posted below:<\/p>\n<p>OUR medical liability system needs reform. But anyone who thinks that limiting liability would reduce health care costs is fooling himself. Preventable medical injuries, not patient compensation, are what ring up extra costs for additional treatment. This means taxpayers, employers and everyone else who buys health insurance \u2014 all of us \u2014 have a big stake in patient safety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medical-malpractice-myths\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Medical Malpractice Myths\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Obama administration is proposing health care reform, big insurance companies and some doctors associations are attempting to graft so called &#8220;tort reform&#8221; into the legislation. Georgia residents are already faced with a very restrictive system which affords doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals with extraordinary protections against lawsuits. 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