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Special Health Courts Could Heal State's Liability Costs Alan M. Mindlin, M.D.
The Detroit News, March 2, 2006 In an opinion piece for The Detroit News, Dr. Alan M. Mindlin, president of the Michigan State Medical Society, touts Common Good’s proposal for special health courts as “an intelligent proposal that is just the prescription we need to cure the medical liability crisis.” Evidencing the wide variation in jury awards, he writes that “[t]he overriding problem with our system of medical justice is that it is unpredictable.” It is also costly, inefficient, serves too few deserving victims, and harms too many good doctors. Health courts, he argues, would not only “ensure that injured patients are compensated,” but “also would help increase candor among health professionals.” He concludes by saying that “it's time for our elected leaders to act.”
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