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V a n d e r b i l t M a g a z i n e 83
84 T H E C L A S S E S From the Reader continued from page 6 history. This comes from a great-grandson of a Union prisoner in Andersonville [Ga.]. Charles L. King, BE’53 Asheville, N.C. Pursuant to Jack D. Walker’s request of you to “please poll the alumni” as to whether the “famous Fugitives” would prefer the name “Confederate Memorial Hall” to remain on that building or not: I think they would vote yes. That’s OK. I would vote no. That’s OK. I conclude: So it’s a tie. That’s OK, too. Michael B. Sonnen, BE’62 Redlands, Calif. S u m m e r 2 0 0 5 Wrong Words In the Spring 2005 edition of Vanderbilt Magazine, Dr. G. Octo Barnett (BA’52) questions the veracity of President Bush’s comments [in the Fall 2004 issue] that “frivolous lawsuits are running up the cost of medicine” [“From the Reader,” p. 5]. Dr. Barnett recounts his recollection of studies showing that malpractice costs comprise less than 1 percent of the cost of medical care. Dr. Barnett is correct, and he is supported by recent studies conducted in my state of Texas. As reported in the March 10, 2005, Washington Post (page A8): “The Texas study found little to support those assertions [by President Bush that baseless lawsuits against doctors and hospitals are dramatically driving up health-care costs]. By virtually any measure—from number of claims filed to damages paid out—the data reflect amazing stability in the tort system, according to the peer-reviewed paper that will appear in the May issue of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. ‘The clear implication is that ‘runaway medical malpractice litigation’ makes a poor poster child for the cause of tort reform,’ the researchers wrote. ‘The malpractice litigation system has many flaws, but at least in Texas, sudden increases in claim frequencies and costs appear not to have been among them.’ “ … Malpractice insurance premiums in Texas rose an average of 135 percent from 1999 to 2002, prompting the state legislature to cap non-economic damages in 2003. “Analyzing claims data from 1988 to 2002, the team found little change in the number of claims filed or the total amount paid in
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