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WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today’s “Bush
Administration’s Misstatement of the Day” on medical malpractice.
During
a speech yesterday in Little Rock, Arkansas, President Bush said:
"[o]ne
of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk
and frivolous lawsuits."
However,
according to a Congressional Budget Office report released on January 8,
2004, “…even large
savings in medical malpractice premiums will only have a small impact on
overall health care costs because malpractice costs account for less than
2% of overall health care costs.” |
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