15 September 2009  Malpractice Reform?  From The Atlantic: The
Menu of Malpractice Reforms - Philip K. Howard The President
committed in his speech to Congress to promote pilot projects to
solve the problem of defensive medicine. "I've talked to enough
doctors to know that defensive medicine may be contributing to
unnecessary costs," he stated. "So I'm proposing that we move
forward on a range of ideas about how to put patient safety
first and let doctors focus on practicing medicine." A range of
malpractice reform proposals will probably be considered over
the next few weeks, and it's probably useful to catalog them,
and identify the advantages of each.  All of these reforms have
significant merit, but special health courts are by far the most
important in reducing defensive medicine.  Each of the reforms
can be combined with others, and it would be preferable to
combine the best features of each.  Here's a summary: This is a
very nice read. Click through for the full read.  If you are
unfamiliar with the pr