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Ohio Cap on Pain and Suffering Damages

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on June 9, 2010 3:10 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Ohio adopted at pain and suffering cap of 250,000 except in catastrophic cases in 2004.  The hope was to decrease health care costs.

Ohio, how is that working out for you?  In 2008, four years after Ohio introduced these caps, health insurance for Ohio families in employer plans had gone up by 19 percent.

Health Care Reform and Our Malpractice Tort Laws

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on September 1, 2009 12:18 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Humbert J. Polito Jr., of Polito & Quinn, LLC and president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association writes this editorial about tort reform and health care. 

Malpractice and Health Care: Medical Malpractice Does Not Rise to the Tail That Wags the Dog

By Ronald V. Miller, Jr on September 1, 2009 11:53 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Good line from  Tom Baker, a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and author of "The Medical Malpractice Myth," in the New York Times:

"According to the actuarial consulting firm Towers Perrin, medical malpractice tort costs were $30.4 billion in 2007, the last year for which data are available. We have a more than a $2 trillion health care system. That puts litigation costs and malpractice insurance at 1 to 1.5 percent of total medical costs. That's a rounding error. Liability isn't even the tail on the cost dog. It's the hair on the end of the tail."

Baker's conclusion is that medical malpractice reform is a red herring for those who don't want real change in health care.  This might be a legitimate concern but these folks are using malpractice as an intellecutally dishonest sword in their battle.
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