Health care reform should improve safety, not restrict rights of patients The American Association for Justice is reminding lawmakers to remember the 98,000 patients killed each year by preventable medical errors and how restricting their legal rights will not fix the broken health care system.
AAJ President Anthony Tarricone stated “If Health Care Reform makes medicine safer, then fewer patients will need legal recourse – a win for everyone. But it is unconscionable to tell injured patients that they should be left with no recourse if injured through no fault of their own.”