SUBJECT: Support for H.R. 1704, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act
Dear Speaker Ryan,
On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological
Surgeons (CNS), we are writing to support your bill, H.R. 1704, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive
lawSuitS Act. This bill includes needed reforms that will vastly improve the medical-legal system, as well
as save the federal government billions of dollars.
Some goals of a well-functioning medical-legal system including:
- Compensating in a timely fashion patients that have been harmed by medical negligence;
- Maximizing the amount of award that goes directly to the patient;
- Minimizing the number of frivolous lawsuits;
- Lowering the costs of professional liability insurance; and
- Reducing the practice of defensive medicine.
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