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ihlr-16519	Kinney, Eleanor D.; Sage, William M.	Dances with Elephants: Administrative Resolution Dances with Elephants: Administrative Resolution	2008	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3121	188	49	Conventional malpractice litiga­ tion serves Medicare beneficiaries poorly, with aged or previously disabled in­ dividuals being far less likely than other negligently injured patients to obtain compensation through the courts.27 The Medicare program has shaped national health policy and molded the politics of health care since the 1960s, but (as Hoffmann and Rowthom 's article illustrates) has walled itself off from liability determinations in part for fear of alienating physicians. In previous scholarship,28 we argued that the Medicare program has the requisite infrastructure in place today to adjudicate the medical malpractice claims of Medicare beneficiaries.	cache/ihlr-16519.pdf	txt/ihlr-16519.txt