Medical Lawsuits
by Thomas Sowell (January 23, 2005)

"...After so many megabucks awards grew out of claims that babies born with
cerebral palsy could have been spared if only the doctor had delivered them by
Caesarean section, C-section births rose sharply. But it did not reduce cerebral
palsy.

While the C-section births may not protect babies from cerebral palsy, they
protect doctors from being ruined financially by glib lawyers and gullible
juries.

Those lawyers who claim that their big-bucks awards don't add much to the cost
of medical care are counting only the sums of money they collect.

But needless operations and needless tests are not free, either financially or
otherwise..."

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