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Frivolous lawsuits encourage practice of defensive medicine

In her Dec. 18 letter, “Medical costs,” Lois Jeffery writes about tort reform (also known as medical malpractice reform). She says that tort reform is a matter of state law, and there is no federal law governing the negligence of private health care providers. I will not argue that point, but I....

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