Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 8, 2011
Will Tort Reform Reduce Health Care Costs?
The reality of tort reform is that it would have little impact on reducing health care costs.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama seemed to renew interest in medical malpractice tort reform as a way to reduce the cost of medical care in the United States. Referring to the need to reduce the costs of health care, which his health care reform plan did not address, Obama stated that he would listen to ideas for tort reform as a way to rein in "frivolous lawsuits." He reminded the country that this proposal was a Republican suggestion, and implied that ac...
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