The Happy Hospitalist doesn’t agree with malpractice immunity in military medicine:
I fail to understand how getting something for free removes recourse for gross negligence. If national interest was really at the heart of complete immunity for gross negligence, I would argue that all physicians who see Medicare/Medicaid patients should be granted complete immunity from all legal recourse, including gross negligence. Failure to do so has resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars a year in defensive medical spending that threatens the financial security of our nation.
