Medical Malpractice and the Healthcare Debate
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As you know, President Obama has called a summit to address the issue of healthcare reform. The insurance industry, Big Business, the pharmaceutical industry, the American Medical Association (the doctor lobbying group), and other corporate industries have been shouting for limits on patients' rights. The inescapable truth, however, is that capping damages and otherwise limiting the ability victims of medical errors have to obtain justice will have no appreciable impact on overall health costs. Medical Malpractice litigation accounts for merely 1/2% to 1% of overall healthcare costs according to the Congressional Budget Office.
During the summit, Senator Dick Durbin (IL) delivered an impassioned defense of the civil justice system.
The president of the American Association for Justice recently appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss this issue.
Nearly 100,000 people die every year in America due to preventable medical errors--that's like two 747 airplanes fully loaded crashing to the ground every single day. The last thing the government anyone should ever seek to do is limit these innocent victims' ability to seek justice. What the medical and business industries should be focusing on is improving medical care to avoid the medical errors that are seriously injuring and killing Americans.
I represent people who have been devastatingly injured due to preventable medical errors, as well as families of those who have been killed due to medical negligence. If you have any questions about our civil justice system and its impact on overall healthcare costs, please feel free to give me a call.
About the author:
Mr. Zambri is a Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and has been rated by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 1%" of all lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also describes him as "one of Washington's best--most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in personal injury matters, including product liability, medical malpractice, and automobile accident claims. Mr. Zambri has also been repeatedly named a "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics magazine--a national publication that honors the top lawyers in America.
Mr. Zambri was sought after to publish a chapter regarding product liability litigation in Aspatore Books - a company that is touted as "the largest and most exclusive publisher of C-1 Level executives (CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies and law firms." To read Mr. Zambri's publication, entitled "Constantly Preparing To Win", please click here. If you have any questions about your legal rights, please email Mr. Zambri at szambri@reganfirm.com or call him at 202-822-1899.