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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 922 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 640 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 651 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 740 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 647 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind Isaac - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 816 Views
From a government employee: Nice post *NM* scalius - 29/09/2009 10:17:48 PM 279 Views
Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM 589 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 702 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Jragghen - 29/09/2009 11:40:42 PM 748 Views
his statements on health care are precisely my point, but much more well stated. *NM* LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:54:29 PM 277 Views
the difference is the focus of the organizations moondog - 29/09/2009 11:44:56 PM 695 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 710 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 698 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 679 Views
that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM* LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM 271 Views
That's indisbutable Isaac - 30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM 683 Views
And that's all I'm saying LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 625 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying Isaac - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 675 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 716 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 722 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 715 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 572 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 637 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 589 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health moondog - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 717 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... Danu - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 616 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 797 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 613 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 624 Views
i understand your point about the reference moondog - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 676 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 730 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 755 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 738 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 697 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 624 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 580 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 597 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 278 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 279 Views
looks l;ike they found some bipartisan spirit after all random thoughts - 29/09/2009 10:35:55 PM 607 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... Dannymac - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 587 Views
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