common good recommended reading
Under Common Good Publications you will find recent op-eds, speeches, resource binders and fact sheets from
Common Good; you will also find recent polls commissioned by Common Good and conducted
by prestigious polling firms like Harris Interactive and Public Agenda.
Other Sources lists books, studies and links recommended by Common Good.
The most recent selections from each category are below. Common Good Publications Op-ed: New Ideas for Liability Reform: Health Courts and Administrative Compensation
Paul Barringer, PA ACOG News, June 7, 2007
Common Good General Counsel Paul Barringer details the promise for health courts in Pennsylvania, a state particularly attuned to the problems with our current medical malpractice system.
Click to view more op-eds Poll: Americans Do Not Trust the Legal System
Harris Interactive, June 27, 2005
A new survey commissioned by Common Good and conducted by Harris Interactive among American adults has found that only 16 percent of those surveyed trust the legal system to defend them against baseless claims. Fifty-four percent do not trust the legal system, and 30 percent are not sure.
Click to view more polls Speech: Testimony of Paul J. Barringer, III Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Paul Barringer, July 13, 2006
Testifying before the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Common Good General Counsel Paul Barringer outlined the key elements of the health court concept, and how health courts can improve medical justice for both patients and providers.
Click to view more speeches Resource binder: The Effects of Law on Health Care Compiled for Common Good's forum on "Building a New System of Medical Justice."
Click to view more resource binders Fact sheet: Trends in American Justice Click to view more fact sheets Other Sources  Book: Books by CG Chair Philip K. Howard
Read The Collapse of the Common Good: How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines our Freedom, by CG Chair Philip K. Howard. Also check out his national bestseller, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America.
Click to view more books Link: U.S. General Accounting Office Click to view more links Study/report: The State of Healthcare Quality: 2003
National Committee for Quality Assurance, September 2003
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