Abstract:
Recently reaffirmed, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act holds the promise of sweeping change in many critical aspects of the United States’ system of delivering health care. Indeed, medical liability reform is embedded into the DNA of the Obama presidency. Further, a Sense of the Senate statement raised a number of concerns over the current medical malpractice regime. These concerns led to the enactment of a small but conceptually important provision of the Affordable Care Act. Congress intends, however, to allow the states to develop liability reform through the allocation of $50 million for State Demonstration Projects ….
Steven E. Raper MD. 2012. “Announcing Remedies for Medical Injury: A Proposal for Medical Liability Reform Based On the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act“. ExpressO, BePress.
First posted 2012-10-15 08:17:40
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