A group of healthcare experts have come together under the leadership of Common Good, a legal reform coalition dedicated to restoring the ability to make common choices – and promote legal reform. The group calls upon Congress to immediately initiate hearings on the broad effects of litigation on healthcare, not just on the immediate litigation insurance crisis, and to consider recommendations on how to create new systems of medical justice that will promote better care. A petition has been prepared and signed by a large number of health care groups and medical schools including the dean of CWRU and referred on to Congress. The AMC/NOMA has joined in supporting this petition on behalf of the physicians in Northeastern Ohio. To view the petition go to the Common Good web site at www.ourcommongood.com.