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The "Defensive Medicine" Fraud

The idea that doctors order unnecessary tests to avoid being sued has enough surface plausibility that people nod "of course" as if it's undeniable truth. The "fraud" of "defensive medicine" is two fold: It doesn't really...more

Medical Malpractice Insurers: Time to End Their License to Gouge

Here’s an interesting opinion about one reason medical malpractice insurance premiums are so high. This is from one of the contributors to the Huffington Post: In 1945, Congress gave the massively powerful insurance...more