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July 13, 2006


Health courts hearing today on Hill

From Common Good:

On Thursday, July 13th, the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing entitled “Innovative Solutions to Medical Liability.” At the hearing, Common Good General Counsel Paul Barringer will testify in support of health courts as a viable alternative to the current medical justice system. He will speak to the failings of the current system and how health courts can ameliorate these problems. Other witnesses will include Professor Michelle Mello, Harvard School of Public Health, and Professor Jeffrey O'Connell, University of Virginia School of Law.

Full details, including links, are at the Common Good site.

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