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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (7784)7/26/2009 1:45:17 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
>> and as someone replied to you it's not a significant part of the cost.

This is an absurd statement. The malpractice insurance cost is only $10 or so billion, perhaps.

But the cost of so-called "defensive medicine" is massive. I doubt anyone even has a reasonable estimate of it. But there have been studies. For example:

"The study quoted most often is by Daniel P. Kessler and Mark B. McClellan. To really understand actual costs, Kessler and McClellan analyzed the effects of malpractice liability reforms using data on Medicare beneficiaries who were treated for serious heart disease. They found that liability reforms could reduce defensive medicine practices, leading to a 5 percent to 9 percent reduction in medical expenditures without any effect on mortality or medical complications."

Now, to you, 5-9% of the cost of American health care may not be much. But I think it is serious money.
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