4. Will healthcare get tort reform?
Medical malpractice suits may not be an immediate focus for the Trump administration when it comes to healthcare reforms—at least for now. The Affordable Care Act does not address medical malpractice suits, so repealing it won’t affect the situation. However, medical tort reform has been a major cause in the past for Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services. It wouldn’t be surprising if tort reform becomes a major issue down the road, with benefits spilling over to medical device companies.
Gregory Dennis says
Whatever changes the new Administration and Congress make to the ACA will inevitably be known as Trumpcare. And that seems to have given them great pause. Latest analysis is that they won’t do anything to the ACA this year, because it’s a complex set of programs and changing it will have many ripple effects — both on the healthcare industry and everyday Americans.
I hope we can refrain from big changes in the ACA for the sake of patients who would love coverage under many of the proposed changes, and for the sake of businesses, which need certainty and are facing great uncertainty if the ACA is repealed without a clear and sensible replacement.
Chris Newmarker says
Thanks for the comment, Gregory. Good points.