what about the notion lawyers are benefiting financially from malpractice suits? doctors like ob-gyns are retiring early because they can t afford the liability insurance and causing stories like the one i told you. the truth is taking away the rights of patients who are injured through no fault of their own will do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of health care, to provide insurance to the uninsured or in order to improve the quality of health care. 98,000 patients are killed every year in the united states as a result of preventable medical errors. and the focus should be not on taking their rights away but on patient safety. improving patient safety. every week in this country we have 48 wrong-sided surgeries. every year we have 2 million hospital-acquired infections. many of which could be the number of which could be reduced substantially with simple handwashing programs. countless medication errors year after year which could be reduced with simple changes, electronic a