Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself an additional 1 minute. One of the most recent studies, published a few months ago in the Journal of the American College of Radiology studied the effects of tort reform on just radiographic tests alone and found that there were ``2.4 million to 2.7 million fewer radiographic tests annually attributed to tort reforms.'' Just imagine what savings would occur if such reforms were attached to all Federal healthcare programs, as this bill would do. {time} 1445 It causes me to think of an orthopedic surgeon who told me that he can diagnose an ACL almost every time, yet he is compelled by his liability insurance to do additional tests, 97 percent of which are unnecessary. That is the kind of thing we are dealing with, Mr. Chairman, and it is time for us to bring sanity to this litigation that we have in this country. I reserve the balance of my time.”