Injured patients injured as a result of the Physicians Malpractice but also to detour the malpractice by the physicians. There is a fierce debate about whether the Malpractice Liability System works. And in that debate the anecdotes argue for data. The Cato Institute we were excited to publish this book. It has a collection of politically diverse coauthors. Bernard black, david hyman, charlier silver, for law professors, one economic professor, one of the here with us today to present the findings of the book which is a compilation of more than a decade of the peerreviewed articles from the journals looking atok what actually happened in the medical Malpractice System. Through this Book Theyve made the findings accessible and to moderate the discussion that we are having today we are pleased to have with us, doctor william frist, the nationally Heart And Lung transplant surgeon. You mayno know him better as the former u. S. Senator that represented tennessee from 94 to 2006 and in 2003
Practice litigation. How it works and how Tort Reform doesnt help. When doctors make mistakes, it can be devastating for the patients and the doctors. We have a medical Malpractice System that exists to compensate injured patients, patients who are injured as a result of a physicians mall practice, but malpractice, but it also exists to deter malpractice by physicians. There is a fierce debate on whether or not the medical Malpractice Liability System works. In that debate, anecdotes often substitute for data. At the cato institute, we were very excited to publish this book. It has a collection of politically diverse coauthors. Theres five of them, bernard black, and others. Four of them are Law Professors. One of them is an economics professor. One of them is here with us today to present the findings from this book which is really a compilation of more than a decade of peerreviewed articles from law journals looking at what actually happens in a medical Malpractice System. But throug
They resulted in his internal malpractice. And just to determine malpractice is a fierce debate about whether the medical Malpractice Liability System works and in that debate. At the Cato Institute we were excited to publish. David hyman, Charlie Silver Law professor and one economics professor, one is with us today to present the findings from this book which is a compilation of more than a decade of peerreviewed articles what happened to the medical Malpractice System. Through this book they made their findings accessible we are very pleased to have with us and moving. She is the Heart And Lung Transplant Surgeon you may know him as afore represented or from 199,422,006 and in 2003 became the Majority Leader of the u. S. Senate until his voluntary retirement from the senate in 2007 he was instrumental in the passage of the Modernization Act of 2003 and legislation. He currently serves as Vanderbilt University and the bipartisan Policy Center and host of its own podcast which is titl
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competition. we will start with an address by brian blase about how the report came about, white it is needed and what sort of policy reform is based on greater choice and competition to help provide better quality healthcare and mortar at more affordable prices. then, we will hear from two different panels. the first one will take a close look at what a fleshed out approach of enhanced choice and competition could achieve both its potential and limitations. even if it works in practice, should it work in theory? our second panel will dive deeper into current healthcare markets with real people in real businesses, highlighting what can be done differently in delivering care and improving health outcomes and that actually succeed. not that public policies wouldn t be better about making it come about. finally we will wrap up with a special keynote address from health and human services secretary, to pursue regulatory reforms to deliver change that matters. before we start