Legal blogger Max Kennerly recently wrote a great post explaining the myth of “defensive medicine”–the false idea that health care costs are high because doctors constantly order unnecessary tests out of a fear of being sued. In addition to pointing out the flawed logic with this idea, the post cites to a new wave of medical studies confirming that the “tort reform” laws passed to stop this purported problem have failed to make medical care any cheaper or safer for patients in states across the nation. This is certainly true here in North Carolina.
Check out Max’s post here: http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2014/10/articles/attorney/medical-malpractice-1/defensive-medicine/
