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Let's Create Health Courts Paul Barringer
The National Law Journal, May 2, 2005 In a special to The National Law Journal, Common Good general counsel Paul Barringer lays out the argument for special health courts and discusses the growing support from healthcare and patient safety experts and from political leaders on both sides of the aisle.
Barringer diagnoses the underlying problem with our system of medical justice--its unreliability. "Jury awards vary wildly, leaving patients and doctors virtually unprotected," he writes. "The law is meant to punish those who do the wrong thing and support those who act appropriately. Its reliability guarantees our freedom. Medical justice is no longer reliable, and, therefore, undermines the quality of our healthcare."
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Read more about Common Good's proposal to create special health courts.
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