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Malpractice Reform and Health Care Costs
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Air date: November 29, 2009
Host: Barbara Lewis
Interview: Aaron Carroll, MD, associate professor of pediatrics
Associate director for research, Children’s Health Services Research Program
Another issue that’s still unresolved as the Senate takes up its version of health care reform: what to do about the medical malpractice system.
And when we spoke recently, Dr. Carroll said that, while he thinks that system needs an overhaul, fixing it probably won’t make much difference in the total cost of health care.
Dr. Aaron Carroll is Sound Medicine’s regular analyst for the health care reform process.
He is an associate professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine.
Additional Resources:
- In the Wall Street Journal (10-15-09), "Why Medical Malpractice is Off Limits."
- More articles on malpractice reform from Kevin MD.
- A recent poll suggests American's want malpractice reform.
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