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b'Back from a short hiatus we greet Michelle M. Mello, Professor of Law and of Health Research & Policy at Stanford University.\\xa0She is the author of more than 150 articles and book chapters on the medical malpractice system, medical errors and patient safety, research ethics, regulation of pharmaceuticals, legal interventions to combat obesity and noncommunicable disease, and other topics. Our conversation focused on her recent work on\\xa0medical\\xa0apologies,\\xa0communication-and-resolution programs,\\xa0overlapping surgery\\xa0(which refers to operations performed by the same primary surgeon such that the start of one surgery overlaps with the end of another),\\xa0reconciliation after medical injury, and the influence of the\\xa0malpractice environment\\xa0on care patterns. The lightning round featured a tour of the many\\xa0facets of\\xa0synthetic ACA repeal: CHIP delay, health budget slashing, zombie reconciliation, marketing budget cuts, inexplicable "maintenance" efforts that bring down HealthCare.gov for 12 hours a day at peak sign up periods,\\xa0the\\xa0Trump EO\\xa0on\\xa0association health plans, and the\\xa0suspension\\xa0of CSR\\xa0payments. As Nancy LeTourneau reports,\\xa0\\u201csynthetic repeal won\\u2019t be scored by CBO and has tossed aside any attempt to replace the law. That means that the results could be even more disastrous for the American people.\\u201d'