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i have yet to see any evidence of malpractice insurance being a driving cost of health care moondog Send a noteboard - 30/09/2009 05:27:34 AM
The frivolous law suits for malpractice and other types of tort are a major drain on the health care system and result in dramatically higher health care costs across the board. Between the cost of malpractice insurance, and the amount of money spent on settlements in the various lawsuits against the health care industry, it becomes nearly impossible for them to charge any less than they currently do for health care.


doctors will still be required to carry malpractice insurance whether they are publicly subsidized or in private insurance groups, so how is tort reform going to reduce costs on this particular example? that's like saying requiring drivers to carry car insurance drives up the price of cars across the board. doctors are *required* to have malpractice insurance or else they can't practice. otherwise they could give bad diagnoses and treatment and not have any repercussion because of it.

i don't doubt there are plenty of frivolous lawsuits brought every year against doctors, but i can't believe that there are so many that the lawsuits alone are driving up costs. and if a lawsuit is that frivolous, why aren't they being thrown out? i've gotta think the judicial review process can catch most of these before they even get to court.
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM 895 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 612 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 621 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 712 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 618 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind Isaac - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 791 Views
From a government employee: Nice post *NM* scalius - 29/09/2009 10:17:48 PM 265 Views
Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM 559 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 676 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Jragghen - 29/09/2009 11:40:42 PM 717 Views
his statements on health care are precisely my point, but much more well stated. *NM* LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:54:29 PM 266 Views
the difference is the focus of the organizations moondog - 29/09/2009 11:44:56 PM 666 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 679 Views
Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:44:58 PM 669 Views
Re: Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:28:36 AM 652 Views
that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM* LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM 259 Views
That's indisbutable Isaac - 30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM 644 Views
And that's all I'm saying LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 599 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying Isaac - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 642 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 683 Views
i have yet to see any evidence of malpractice insurance being a driving cost of health care moondog - 30/09/2009 05:27:34 AM 700 Views
When the malpractice insurance can cost well over $100k a year of course it effects the costs. Brian - 30/09/2009 06:21:29 AM 681 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 544 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 608 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 559 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health moondog - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 671 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... Danu - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 588 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 765 Views
regardless, we still spend a lot more on health care while having too many uncovered people moondog - 29/09/2009 11:56:24 PM 584 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 592 Views
i understand your point about the reference moondog - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 653 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 700 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 712 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 704 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 665 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 595 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 549 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 562 Views
Hooray! The government isn't going to get directly involved and make HC even worse! *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/09/2009 01:03:50 AM 261 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 263 Views
looks l;ike they found some bipartisan spirit after all random thoughts - 29/09/2009 10:35:55 PM 589 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... Dannymac - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 558 Views
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