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The facts are alarming. Lawsuit abuse is a huge problem growing out of control. The severe damage it's causing to American small-business owners, taxpayers, consumers, retirees and working families is shocking. And it's getting worse every day.
Raising health care costs...
Lawsuit abuse is one of the major contributors to America's worsening health care crisis.
- An estimated $20 billion per year is spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims.
- Almost half of the money spent by physician insurers goes toward defending cases that ultimately are closed without any compensation to the claimant.
- Some other examples of the hidden "lawsuit tax" built into the price of health care services and goods:
- - The price of a heart pacemaker averages $18,000... $3,000 of which is the lawsuit tax
- - On average, the cost of a motorized wheelchair is $1,000... $170 of which is the lawsuit tax
- - The doctor's fee for a tonsillectomy averages $578... $191 of which is the lawsuit tax
- - A two-day maternity stay averages $3,367... $500 of which is the lawsuit tax
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