Med Mal Politics Writ Large

John Kerry's selection of a running mate sent some doctors in this country into a tizzy because of John Edwards' career as a trial lawyer who made a lot of money doing medical malpractice work. That promises to make the whole issue of malpractice costs a national issue over the next few months. Now, just in time for the Democratic conviction, Findlaw's Anthony Sebok explains why doctors really have nothing to fear from Edwards. Sebok does a good job of examining the multitude of factors that have driver up malpractice costs and shows that large jury verdicts are a very small part of the equation.