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Steve Forbes Endorses Special Health Courts

Forbes Magazine, September 29, 2005

In the latest issue of Forbes Magazine, Steve Forbes endorsed the creation of special health courts.  Relating his support for the bipartisan Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act proposed by Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Max Baucus (D-MT), Forbes called health courts an "effective, lasting approach to fairness."  A system of health courts that relied on “impartial experts” rather than "hired guns," he explained, would make it easier to "distinguish between genuine malpractice and high-risk, complicated medical procedures."  

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