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Malpractice lawyers deserve more credit.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 06-MAY-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Malpractice lawyers deserve more credit.(COLUMN)

Article Excerpt
Dabbling in dirty politics, George W. Bush has been turning malpractice lawyers into dirty words. They file "junk lawsuits, they file "frivolous lawsuits," they're greedy and, for sure, they are driving doctors out of business.

True to political form, President Bush is a divider, not a uniter. He pits doctors against lawyers, medicine against the law. In the president's larger world of fantasy where it's good guys like him taking on bad guys, casting malpractice lawyers as the nasties comes naturally.

But it doesn't come factually. His own department of Health and Human Services reports an 8.9 percent decline last year in payouts for malpractice claims. Last...

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