Pilot a no-fault patient compensation system (optional)

Years 3–10 · UHA; participating statesDiscuss this step

Medical malpractice (state tort law)

continuesYears 3–10Provider payment & regulation

Today

Litigation-based compensation; premiums are a cost of practice.

Under the plan

Unchanged except for optional no-fault pilots.

Trade-off

Defensive medicine persists unless pilots succeed.