Healthcare: Events: Special Health Court Presentation on Capitol Hill

Special Health Court Presentation on Capitol Hill

September 28, 2004

Location: Washington, DC

At a lunch event for Capitol Hill staffers, CG Director of Policy Nancy Udell and David Kendall of the Progressive Policy Institute gave a presentation on creating a special health court to bring reliability to medical malpractice litigation and compensation.

Click to download David Kendall's presentation, "Health Courts for Fair and Reliable Justice," and Nancy Udell's presentation, "The Case for a Reliable Health Court."

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist recently endorsed the idea of creating a special health court. (Click here to read more.) The concept also enjoys the support of national health care leaders including Bill Roper, Dean, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Troyen Brennan, Harvard School of Public Health; and Dr. Herb Pardes, President and CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

The event was co-hosted by Common Good and Centrists.Org. Centrists.Org is a small think tank and communications center for bipartisan policymaking. Centrists.Org provides detailed and practical centrist policy ideas that adhere to basic principles of fairness, cooperation and responsibility. It also serves as a clearinghouse for centrist ideas from outside experts. Click here to visit Centrists.org.

Co-presenter David Kendall represents the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). PPI's mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age. Click to visit PPI's website.