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YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT IT DOES IN THE AREA OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? HOST:GUEST: FOR MUCH OF THE TIME,
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
ONE OF OUR MAIN PRODUCE HAS BEEN TO BRING ORDER TO THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SYSTEM, SO WE HAVE THIS JOINT VENTURE WITH THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF HELPED THE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SIDE EFFECTS, OF WHAT WOULD YOU LIST AS CHIEF AMONG THEM? GUEST: THE WORST IS
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
WHERE DOCTORS ORDER TESTS THAT THEY DO NOT THINK THERE MEDICALLY INDICATED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN CASE THE SICK PERSON GETS SICKER AND DECIDES TO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE COST TO A DOCTOR FOR INSURANCE FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? GUEST: THE TOTAL COST IS
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
ABOUT $35 BILLION A YEAR, A DROP IN THE BUCKET IN THE $2 TRILLION HEALTH CARE BUDGET. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE DOCTORS. ESPECIALLY HIGH RISK PROFESSIONS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PRESIDENT MADE HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS A FEW WEEKS AGO, ONE OF THE LINES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS I AM WILLING TO LOOK AT OTHER IDEAS TO BRING...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
BUDGET INCLUDES $250 MILLION TO THE STATES TO SET UP ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS OF MEDICAL RECORDS. THE FIRST EXAMPLE WOULD CREATE A HEALTH COURT, WHICH IS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PHILLIP HOWARD TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PROPOSALS. YOU CAN CALL US AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS. SEND THIS E-MAIL AT JOURNAL@CSPAN.ORG OR TWEETS...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
WOULD BE LIKE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. MAYBE A WORKER'S COMP SYSTEM. YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM FOR YOU HAD JUDGES BUT NOT JURIES, THE JUDGES WOULD...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO WITNESSES, AND YOU MENTIONED -- WOULD THEY STILL BE ALLOWED OR WOULD THEY BE CHOSEN BY THE COURTS TO COME IN AND GIVE INPUT? GUEST: THE
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
PARTIES COULD HIRE THEIR OWN EXPERTS IF THEY WANTED, BUT THE COURT WOULD BE ADVISED BY A WITNESS WHO DID NOT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME OF...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SCUD TO SOME CALLS. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AN INDEPENDENT LINE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORMS, THE PROPOSALS BY THE PRESIDENT. YOUR...
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THIS IS A NEAT TRICK BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO GET OUR EYES OFF THE REAL PROBLEM, THE COST OF INSURANCE. THE DOCTORS ARE NOT AFRAID OF BEING TOLD...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
ARE CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INSURANCE. BUT WHILE THIS WOULD -- OUR PROPOSAL WOULD CERTAINLY HELP THE DOCTORS IN THE HIGH-RISK STRATEGIES WHEN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FOR CASES OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR. GUEST: IT IMPLIES
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
THIS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. SOMEONE GOT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BED AND DECIDED TO SUE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT SO MUCH FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
D.C., THE REPUBLICAN LINE. RALPH, GO AHEAD. CALLER: I
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LIKE YOUR EFFORT TO CURTAIL MEDICAL SPENDING. LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN. LET SET DOCTOR GOES OUT AND GETS A SHARE OF AN MRI FACILITY. AND THEN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MENTIONED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, THERE WAS A RESPONSE FROM GIBSON VANCE, FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE. ONE THING HE SAID IN RESPONSE TO THAT...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
WE WANT TO CREATE BETTER LEGAL RIGHTS FOR PATIENTS. YOU WILL GET COMPLICATED -- COMPENSATED IN OUR SYSTEM WITHOUT PAYING 40% OF THE TWO LAWYERS. --...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
NOT THE CASE. I DON'T THINK THIS IS TRADITIONAL TORT REFORM. 38 STATES HAVE TORT REFORM IN THE SENSE OF PUTTING CAPS ON NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES LIKE PAIN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THINK THAT CAPS WILL BECOME PART OF THIS DISCUSSION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S POINT OF VIEW? GUEST: THE ADMINISTRATION
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
HAS OPPOSED TRADITIONAL CABS BECAUSE -- CAPS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SOLVE THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL PROBLEM OF DISTRUST. OUR PROPOSAL ACTUALLY INCLUDED WITH...
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A PROBLEM STARTING TWO YEARS AGO. I WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL I WAS AWAKE, THE DOCTOR DID AN EXPLORATORY...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IT THAT KIND OF SCOPE AS FAR AS THE TESTS AND COSTS INVOLVED -- ARE THOSE THE SIMILAR WHEN IT COMES TO CASES LIKE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND GENERAL? GUEST:...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
MISTAKES. IF THEY ENTER SOMEBODY, THE PERSON SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. IT IS USUALLY NOT A MORAL PROBLEM. IT IS THE REALITY OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. I DON'T...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A HEALTH COURTS ARE THERE IN THE U.S. TODAY? GUEST: THERE ARE NO
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
HEALTH COURTS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. IT IS SIMILAR TO SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE THEY HAVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE SWEDEN AND NEW ZEALAND OR THEY HAVEN'T...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS PROPOSING IN THE $250,000, WHAT WILL THAT DO AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT IS EXHAUSTED? GUEST: WE THINK THAT IF
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
SOME STATES SET UP SPECIAL HEALTH COURTS OR THERE IS A GROUP OF PARLIAMENT --, AND HOSPITALS INDICATED THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FORMING A CONSORTIUM...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWS, REPUBLICAN LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, WE
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ALL AGREE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR PATIENTS. ARE THERE ANY STATES CURRENTLY LOOKING...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
STATE LEADERS HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST AND MARES. MAYOR BLOOMBERG RECENTLY GAVE A TALK CALLING FOR SPECIAL HEALTH COURTS. THE CITY OF NEW YORK RUNS...
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| 00:25:19 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU THINK TRIAL LAWYERS WILL LOBBY AGAINST THIS? GUEST: THE
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
UNRELIABILITY OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS WHERE MOST OF THEM MAKE THEIR MONEY. THEY GO TO HOSPITAL AND SAY IF YOU DON'T SETTLE THIS, YOU MIGHT BE LIABLE...
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CALLER:, GOOD, -
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. FIVE YEARS AGO, I WENT TO MY DOCTOR THAT I HAVE MYOPATHY AND NARROW BUT THEY WHICH...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
THINK THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY AWFUL AND GENEROUS STATEMENT BY SOMEONE WHO SOUNDS LIKE PERHAPS THEY WERE INJURED BY A DOCTOR'S ERROR. MAYBE THAT REFLECTS...
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DIFFERENCE OF TIME IN A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT IN A HEALTH COURT?
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
GUEST: HUGE. THE AVERAGE SETTLEMENT IN A CASE IS FIVE YEARS. DURING THAT FIVE YEARS, THE PATIENT IS LIVING UNDER A CLOUD OF PROVING THIS AND THEY GET...
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| 00:31:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
COMES DOWN AND HELD COURT, CAN RE-LITIGATE? GUEST: WE
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
WOULD HAVE AN APPEALS COURT, IN MEDICAL APPEALS COURT THAT THAT WOULD BE IT. YOU CAN'T -- YOU COULD NOT GO OUT OF THE SYSTEM INTO THE REGULAR COURT SYSTEM...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
VIRGINIA, INDEPENDENT LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT
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TO THANK THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS -- IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE INSURANCE LIKE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. IT IS JUST WONDERFUL BUT THEN YOU HAVE SOME...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
ADDRESS THE IDEA OF MONARCHY, BUT I DO THINK MEDICARE AND MEDICAID HAS BEEN -- HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE PERSONAL INCENTIVES...
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CALLER, -
EXPLAIN TIME LIMITS ON HOW LONG A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO FILE A CLAIM? GUEST: WE THINK
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO CURRENT STATE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A MISTAKE RIGHT AWAY. MOST STATE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MORE ABOUT SAFE HARBOR? GUEST: ANOTHER IDEA IS
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
THAT YOU COULD SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE THERE WOULD BE A SAFE HARBOR FOR PHYSICIANS WHERE THEY COMPLY WITH ESTABLISHED PRACTICE GUIDELINES, THAT THERE COULD...
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| 00:36:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
VALLEY, CALIF., DEMOCRATS LINE, GO AHEAD CALLER: I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMAGING SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROTOCOL'S SET...
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OVERDOSES. I KNOW ABOUT OVERUSE OF CAT SCANS AND MRI'S. THE REASON PENNSYLVANIA STUDY, THE DOCTOR SAID THAT...
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| 00:39:12 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IN MEDICINE MALPRACTICE MORE PREVALENT THAN OTHER AREAS? GUEST: THE FEAR OF LITIGATION
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
IN HEALTH CARE IS PROBABLY MORE CORROSIVE THAN IN ANY OTHER AREAS. THERE ARE A LOT OF LAWSUITS IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND PROBABLY MORE THAN OTHER AREAS....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT TYPE OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUITS GENERALLY GET TOSSED OUT? WHICH ONES GET BIG REWARDS? GUEST:
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
VERY FEW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUITS GET TOSSED OUT BECAUSE JUDGES DON'T HAVE THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DRAW AN ARMS BETWEEN GOOD CARE AND THAT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AS THE COMMON GOOD. WHERE CAN WE DIRECT THEM TO? GUEST: COMMONGOOD.ORG
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Howard, Philip K. - Founder and Chairman
IS THE WEBSITE. WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD RIGHT- MINDED CITIZENS TO BRING STABILITY BACK TO OUR SOCIETY THIS IS SO DOCTORS CAN DO THEIR JOBS AND FOCUS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOUR TIME. LATER ON THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT PROTESTS GOING ON IN WISCONSIN AND OHIO AND POTENTIALLY OTHER STATES. AMY GOODMAN IS COMING UP...
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