"The second component, which can explain the difference in baseline healthcare costs for the United States compared to other developed countries, is the medical-legal environment that healthcare is practiced in. The United States has the least tort-adverse healthcare system in the world. Studies estimate that $200 - $500 billion of the annual US health care budget is attributable to defensive medicine.
So the question is, can we cut costs and expand access to care for more Americans while maintaining what is good about our current healthcare market and respecting the values of individual liberty, freedom, and personal responsibility that this country was founded upon? The answer is yes but we have to decrease government imposed restrictions on consumer choice in the healthcare market and enact nationwide tort reform."
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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