What John Edwards doesn’t realize

Most trial lawyers point to the statistic that malpractice comprises of less that 1 percent of health care costs.

However, they are missing the fact that the threat of malpractice litigation raises costs by encouraging defensive medicine, as well discounting the significant amount of cases that are settled prior to trial.

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