"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration announced a $25 million medical malpractice initiative Thursday as part of its plan to rein in skyrocketing health care costs.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says 1 percent of health care costs are attributable to malpractive premiums.
The program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, will fund grants of up to $3 million awarded on a competitive basis to states and health care systems for implementing and evaluating "patient safety and medical liability demonstrations," according to a release from the White House.
A review of current malpractice reform initiatives will be completed by December, the White House said, and used to evaluate future grant applications."
Oh, I get it, let's spend $25 million to save on health care. How about if they gave that $25 million to uninsured people to actually pay for the medical care they need? Don't you think that would have been smarter?
