Health Court proposed a special court to deal with medical malpractice claims. They are characterized by the use of specially trained instructors, independent expert witnesses, and a predictable damage award. The successful administrative compensation system currently exists in New Zealand and Scandinavia, and the limited program also operates in Florida and Virginia. The Common Good nonpartisan coalition, headed by Philip K. Howard, and the Harvard School of Public Health have advocated the adoption of health courts on a broader scale in the United States. Potential benefits from health courts include reducing administrative costs, increasing access to compensation for injured patients, and not providing defensive drugs. By using trained judges and independent experts, health court advocates hope to achieve a fairer outcome at a lower cost. Critics of the concept of the health court argue that it is not understood, that it would be unfair to the patient, that it would be impossible to achieve its objectives, and that its objectives as reasonably can be achieved more justly and with greater efficiency under the judicial system existing civilians. In addition, experts have suggested that health courts will surely lean toward doctors, and the bureaucracy necessary to introduce protection against such biases will negate any cost savings.
In February 2011, the administration of President Barack Obama announced a $ 250 million fund in the 2012 fiscal year budget for medical malpractice reform, with special emphasis on health courts.
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