Why Not Medical Courts For Health Care Disputes?
We have maritime courts, drug courts, bankruptcy courts and all kind of other courts. Why not medical courts to resolve malpractice claims and other complaints against health care providers?
Dr. Peter Weiss @ PJM — Unless we get real tort reform, nothing Congress does will help curtail the runaway costs of medicine. We must decouple malpractice determinations from malpractice awards. There are many ways to do this, but this will be fought tooth and nail by the trial lawyers association. Physicians should adjudicate with lawyers and judges overseeing. If lawyers can oversee lawyers, then physicians can surely oversee other physicians. The British system is also an acceptable manner to deal with malpractice cases. Loser pays the court costs.
To repeat: Why not medical courts?
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"Why Not Medical Courts For Health Care Disputes?"
