Valleywide Legal Blog

Are You Going to Get Unnecessary Surgery?

I have written in the past about patients getting unnecessary surgery or other unnecessary medical treatment.  You can find some of the posts here, here and here.  Why does this happen?  To be charitable, sometimes it is the result of doctors not … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Fee for Service, Health Care Costs, Medical Costs, medical ethics |

Are Doctors Really That Unethical?

In a bid to gain support for limitations on medical malpractice cases, we have been promised savings in the order of “hundreds of billions of dollars” by those promoting limitations.  These savings would come in two forms.  In the first … Read More

Posted in Defensive Medicine, Doctors, Fee for Service, Health Care Costs, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Malpractice costs, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice lawsuits, Medical Negligence, tort reform |

A Final Word About Gutting Medical Malpractice

For the last two weeks I have written about Republican plans to gut medical malpractice litigation during the process of replacing the Affordable Care Act.  While they claim there is a crisis, the leading insurers of medical malpractice say the … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Health Care Costs, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Malpractice costs, Medical Costs, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, tort reform |

More on Limiting Medical Malpractice Cases

Last week I wrote about Republican plans to gut medical malpractice cases under the guise of reforming health care.  They claim that there is a crisis and that frivolous cases are driving up the costs of malpractice insurance and forcing … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Health Care Costs, Malpractice caps, Malpractice costs, Medical Costs, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice lawsuits, Medical Negligence, tort reform |

Whither Medical Malpractice?

Republicans now control both houses of Congress and the White House.  They have announced that one of their big goals is the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and its replacement with something better.  A description of exactly what … Read More

Posted in Defensive Medicine, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Medical Costs, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice lawsuits, Medical Negligence, tort reform |