HEALTH CARE COSTS AND TORT REFORM
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated that tort reform might reduce health care costs by 0.5 percent, saving approximately $11 billion out of a total of $2.5 trillion in health...
View ArticleLaws Limiting Physicians’ Self-Referral
Limitations on physician self-referrals were enacted into law in 1989 under the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, commonly referred to as the “Stark law.” The Stark law, as amended, and its implementing...
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150th Consecutive Daily Blog (And Counting)
Today’s blog represents the 150th consecutive daily entry appearing in this blog. Over 500 hours have been devoted to researching and writing the blogs that have appeared here. We have addressed the...
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Who Pays For And Receives Health Care In the United States?
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding as constitutional the federal health care overhaul law frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” we thought it appropriate to provide some...
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Medical Malpractice Payments In 2011 At Lowest Level On Record
In a report entitled “Malpractice Payments Sunk to Record Low in 2011” that was just released by Public Citizen, it was found that ”Medical malpractice payments were at their lowest level on record in...
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U.S. Health Care Statistics
In 2011, U.S. health care employed 15.7% of the U.S. workforce (1 in 25 health care employees is a physician); U.S. health care expenditures were $2.7 trillion; and, there were approximately 800,000...
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Doctors Practicing Medicine Not Highest Paid In Medical Industry
If you thought that physicians providing health care to patients were at or near the top of the list of the highest earners in the medical industry, you would be wrong — they are in the middle of the...
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