President Barack Obama recently gave a speech to the American Medical Association (AMA) and in it he held out the possibility of reforming medical malpractice law. As the President of The United States of America continues to explore ways to reform the health care system in America, capping jury awards in medical malpractice cases is thought to be one possible way to help stem costs. (read more)
Caps are often set between $250,000 and $500,000 and there are many different ways that other countries handle their medical malpractice cases. In France juries do not decide these cases rather specialized commissions rule on malpractice. In Canada medical malpractice represented about the same amount of the cost as it did in America but Canada does do a better job of deterring it.
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