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Tort Reform Could Save Health Care $54 Billion, Says CBO

As Congress wrangles over the skyrocketing cost of health care reform, the Congressional Budget Office has determined that reforming the medical malpractice insurance system, a.k.a. "med-mal reform" or tort reform, could save $54 billion over 10 years. In a letter to Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, CBO Director Doug Elmendorf said changes to current federal liability laws would significantly reduce costs to health care providers and thus to federal government programs like Medicare and Medicaid that reimburse them for their services. The changes CBO looked at included a cap on non-economic ...

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