I did not mean to say that the medical providers should squarely shoulder the burden akin to
Germany nor Japan, but should be part of a holistic healthcare and insurance industry reform.
Alas the issue of tort reform itself is sadly used as a distracting factor in the debate due to it being a small percentage of overall costs. If done alone, it simply shifts the overall burden of medical liability to the patient, rather than it being shared. Still I do agree that it should be addressed but in the context of overall healthcare reform.
Though it seems with this issue, my ideal solution does comes down to a Medicare for all program. Since this issue of defensive medicine would be addressed if Physicians through the Medical associations would negotiate with the government for liability protections in parallel to overall cost negotiations. Akin to the regular ones done in Canada.