In "Defensive Medicine: ACWTTD" published on on "Forbes.com" in 2015 "Hal Scherz, MD, and Wayne Oliver" explains the meaning, cause, and effect of defensive medicine. "Defensive Medicine: ACWTTD" expresses that defensive medicine is common in medical practice. Defensive medicine is medical treatment that involes carrying out extensive amounts of diagnostic testing in order to minimize the chances of hospitals and doctors being sued. "Scherz" states that many physicians admit to using defensive medicine and ordering more test and prcedures than medically necessary in fear of being sued by a patient. Practicng defensive medicine is very expensive and mostly is covered by taxpeyers dollars."Scherz, MD, and Oliver" also states that defensive medicine