Cbo says medical malpractice and defensive medicine probably don't cost that much. do you agree?

[siwili]

CBO: When CBO applied the methods used in the study of Medicare patients hospitalized for two types of heart disease to a broader set of ailments, it found no evidence that restrictions on tort liability reduce medical spending. Moreover, using a different set of data, CBO found no statistically significant difference in per capita health care spending between states with and without limits on malpractice torts

[osryd]

No since the law allows Dr's to be sued for even being a good samaritan on the side of a road , then dr's have to have that malpractice insurance and since it is in high demand , the rates are sky high and so it gets passed on to us . Ultimately Washington has the power to change all that .

[vemados]

Absolutely not. Doctors pay as much as 10,000 dollars a month for medical malpractice insurance, and some pay much much more. The CBO is out of touch with reality. God bless.

[pannoowau]

LMAO.

My brother's malpractice premiums are over 1 million/year, and he has never had a claim.

What a joke.

[curney13]

Don't believe everything you read. Once again think about it. Why would a physician order an unnecessary test? If he receives no compensation for this test why order it? If Malpractice doesn't add to medical costs why is it so expensive? Lawsuits aren't a problem as you point out, if so malpractice should be cheap.
I don't read fact check it is biased. Obviously you have very little interaction in the health care field.