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December 4 roundup
Overlawyered —
Authority: 632
Insurance mandate or no, New Jersey specialists tending to duck out of high-legal-risk procedures like mammography [ Amy Handlin, Gloucester County Times via NJLRA ] Audi redux, or something different this time? L.A. Times endorses charges of sudden acceleration against Toyota [ Holman Jenkins/WSJ , FindLaw ...1 week ago -
Healthcare Fraud Costs Taxpayers Three Times as Much As Medical Malpractice
Justinian Lane - Commentary on law, politics, and tort "reform." —
Authority: 467
The figure most commonly cited as the cost of all medical malpractice is about one half of one percent of all healthcare expenditures. Now, some people claim that figure is too low. So let’s double it and assume that medical malpractice costs add up to 1 full percent of total healthcare spending. ...2 weeks ago -
When you do it because of lawyers, it’s defensive medicine. But when you do it for lawyers, it’s fraud.
Justinian Lane - Commentary on law, politics, and tort "reform." —
Authority: 467
At least that’s the impression I’m left with. Look at this: Las Vegas surgeon Mark Kabins agreed this afternoon in U.S. District Court to plead guilty to misprision of a felony in the ongoing federal medical malpractice fraud case. If the court agrees to accept the plea agreement, Kabins will serve ...2 weeks ago
