President Barack Obama ordered on Thursday that $25 million be made available in grants to examine alternatives to the current medical liability system. In a memorandum, Obama calls for reducing doctors' malpractice insurance premiums while still downplaying the impact of premiums on overall health costs. The grants could mean changes for a system that the plaintiffs bar has lobbied to protect, but they stop short of the nationwide limits on malpractice torts that doctors and insurance companies have sought.
September 18, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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President Barack Obama ordered on Thursday that $25 million be made available in grants to examine alternatives to the current medical liability system.
The order comes in a two-page memorandum (pdf) to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The grants could mean changes for a system that the plaintiffs bar has lobbied to protect, but they stop short of the nationwide limits on malpractice torts that doctors and insurance companies have sought.
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