Louise Slaughter: “CBO reports that proponents of limiting malpractice liability argue greater savings in health care, possible through…”

“CBO reports that proponents of limiting malpractice liability argue greater savings in health care, possible through reductions in practice of defensive medicine. However, the defensive medicine is motivated less by liability than by the physicians, by the money it generates for them. And on the basis of existing studies and its own research, the Congressional Budget Office says savings from reducing defensive medicine would be very small. Also, there is no evidence that restriction on tort liability reduced medical spending.”