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American health care system and american technology is really terrific but no system is free of mistakes. we need to have able to have a system that deals with the issue of adverse medical outcomes, whether they're due to negligence or not due to negligence. the figures you mentioned in terms of the cost of defensive medicine are very significant and our polls show that more than 65% of our doctors indicate that they've changed their practice because of concerns about fear of litigation and they do practice defensive medicine. >> i have a feeling he is not going to agree with all of this. to b...

What about the notion lawyers are benefiting financially from malpractice suits? doctors like ob-gyns are retiring early because they can't afford the liability insurance and causing stories like the one i told you. >> the truth is taking away the rights of patients who are injured through no fault of their own will do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of health care, to provide insurance to the uninsured or in order to improve the quality of health care. 98,000 patients are killed every year in the united states as a result of preventable medical errors. and the focus should be not on tak...

They do practice defensive medicine. >> i have a feeler mr. tarricone is not going to agree with all of this. to be fair, president obama before today talked about the idea of setting up panels to create for safety standards. what about the notion lawyers are benefiting financially from malpractice suits? doctors like ob-gyns are retiring early because they can't afford the liability insurance and causing stories like the one i told you. >> the truth is taking away the rights of patients who are injured through no fault of their own will do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of health care,...

To face. >> that's certainly an argument the defense can make and it's plausible. in all cases where doctors don't act properly you don't see criminal charges. you see malpractice suits, disciplinary actions by medical boards. all these things are possible as well. i think the defense would argue if it weren't high-profile they wouldn't waste their time on it. >> thanks for coming in. good to see you. >> thanks for inviting me. >> a judge in north carolina found andrew young, former aide to john edwards in contempt of court for refusing to turn over a private videotape made by edwards mistress...

Than 120,000 vets waited far too long for doctors so see them. in addition, the feds have paid out $845 million to settle v.a. malpractice suits. senator coburn of oklahoma, a physician himself has identified $25 billion wasted by the v.a. despite that $100 million given to v.a. ad in bonus money in 2010 alone. a shocking abuse of taxpayer money. and while all that was happening, president obama did nothing, absolutely nothing add that the border, iraq, putin, the irs and you have an administration that's basically missing in action. in fact, for you history buffs what's happening right now is...