U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., releases health care reform plan

Senator Max Baucus has unveiled an 89-page health care reform blueprint, which outlines a path to a high-performing health care system. His plan aims to achieve affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans, control health care costs, improve the quality of care our system provides and make the market work better for consumers.

One item in Senator Baucus’ report focuses on the usage of health courts and other changes to the medical liability system. The AMCNO has continued to advocate for changes to the tort reform system inclusive of an alternative dispute mechanism or specialty courts and we will continue to track this plan as well as others under review by Congress in the coming months. http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/home.html