Healthcare costs not increased by lawyers
Our Georgia medical malpractice law firm has long argued that lawyers do not cause rising health insurance premiums. Citing the Congressional Budget Office the Los AngelesTimes (11/14, Hiltzik) notes that lawsuits and defensive medicine contributed "zero percent ... to the rising cost of health care." The truth is that lawyers weed out frivilous lawsuits by rejecting greater than 90% of client inquiries.
The Times adds that proposals to cut lawyer fees and reduce lawsuits would "close the courthouse door to individuals or families seeking appropriate redress for medically induced injuries or deaths" and "cut revenue for trial lawyers, who Republicans think are all Democrats."
