Personal Injury Attorneys Reduce the Cost of Medicare and Medicaid

Tort reformers often claim that personal injury lawsuits are a drain on the economy. In order to support their inaccurate claims, they point to what they perceive are the negative effects on the economy. However, they purposely leave out all the positive effects. To make matters worse, the media often publishes these bogus tort reform propaganda studies without analyzing the data to ensure the conclusions are accurate. The result is a misinformed public that actively supports limiting personal injury lawsuits that are actually beneficial to society as a whole.

For example, a previous post discussed the fact that contrary to public opinion, personal injury claims actually reduce the cost of health care because successful personal injury victims must pay back health insurance companies that paid for care caused by the negligent party. Another previous post discussed the fact that personal injury claims often act as a vehicle to provide health care to an uninsured person injured as a result of someone else's negligence. The public benefits because the care is paid for by the negligent wrongdoer instead of Medicaid.

Successful personal injury claims also benefit society when the injured person receives medical care through a public program like Medicare or Medicaid. Society benefits because the injured person is required to use part of the funds received from the negligent party to pay back Medicare and Medicaid for the care they received. The money flowing back to these government programs helps reduce their costs.

The result is same whether the claim involves an auto accident, a medical malpractice case, wrongful death, or a slip and fall. No matter what type of personal injury claim is made, the personal injury lawyer actually acts as the government's collection attorney. In fact, a lawyer that either fails to notify the government of its right to receive the money or fails to ensure the money is returned to the government can be prosecuted criminally.

Scott Distasio
Tampa Pesonal Injury Attorney

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