Health Care Reform Issues, Antitrust, Medical Malpractice Liability, and Volunteer Liability

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Excerpt from Health Care Reform Issues, Antitrust, Medical Malpractice Liability, and Volunteer Liability: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second SessionThis morning, we begin 2 days of hearings on issues specifically within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee which relate to health care reform. We will consider the appropriate antitrust eu forcement standards for physician networks, the need for reform of the medical liability system, and how a relaxation on the liability of volunteers could encourage more people to donate their time to nongrofit organizations.T is morning, the committee will first hear - actually second hear - from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Com mission, ou the Antitrust Health Care Advancement Act of 1996. That is h.r. 2925, legislation which I have introduced to ensure that the conduct of certain provider networks receives rule of rea son consideration for purposes of the antitrust laws.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.