Bigger savings seen in malpractice curbs
Posted: October 10, 2009 at 5:35 a.m.
Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday in a reversal that puts the issue back in the middle of the health-care debate.
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