Founded by doctors, for doctors

The Doctors Lobby exists to bring medical malpractice into the open, so physicians can understand their risk and the public can see what the system costs.

Transparency

  • Doctors deserve to understand their risk of being sued and to understand the process.
  • The public deserves to know the malpractice system’s costs and to follow the money trail.
  • The medical malpractice system thrives on a lack of transparency and pushes a false narrative.

Empowerment

  • Doctors have a right to practice without fear.
  • The public deserves to understand the impact of malpractice on healthcare costs and accessibility.

Better Healthcare

  • The US has among the best medical schools and best-trained doctors in the world.
  • None of that matters if clinical decisions are driven by fear of litigation rather than clinical judgment.
  • The current system primarily punishes good doctors, leaving very little capacity to police the bad apples.

Less Expensive and More Accessible Healthcare

  • The costs of defensive medicine are astronomical.
  • Defensive medicine leaves doctors overworked.
  • The legal system weaponizes a doctor’s time against them.
  • It forces them to miss work, a perverse incentive to settle.
  • It drives many doctors to move, restrict their practice or retire.
  • All of which drives up healthcare costs and limits access to care.