According to the Institute of Medicine , 98,000 people across America die, while many more are injured, as a result of unnecessary medical errors every year. It is vitally important that these hundreds of thousands of victims receive uncapped compensation for their medical expenses and the emotional trauma they have endured. The need for tort reform has come up many times in the recent debates on health care reform, suggesting that many medical malpractice suits are unnecessary. However, a study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health indicates that 80 percent of all medical malpractice claims result from severe physical injuries that have caused disabilities or death. Still, payments for these medical malpractice injuries comprise a very small percentage of total health care costs.
The problem here isn’t the laws that have been put in place to help those who have suffered at the hands of negligent nurses and doctors, it’s the fundamental flaws in America’s health care system that allow for the negligence that causes these incidents.
After representing countless clients who have been victims of medical malpractice, we understand that no one case is the same as another. The damages each victim is entitled to are completely different because their injuries are completely different.
As our health care system undergoes significant changes over the next few years, we hope the reform will allow us to better represent you when negligence on behalf of a medical professional causes you physical or emotional injuries. We will do everything we can to make sure you receive the compensation you are entitled to.
Post Provided By The South Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers at Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.