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it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM
it's how much the malpractice insurance IS. Even for vets it's a reasonable chunk of change--I can't imagine what it is for doctors.

A doctor has to balance his expenses and income in order to eat, correct? Correct. If he has to pay malpractice, he raise his income which derives from his prices (thus his prices go up). The more malpractice is (and it's quite high), the more his prices need to go up (I'm assuming is other expenses are relatively fixed compared to "yes" and "no" malpractice). ECON101, dude.

And your comparison to car insurance makes zero sense, because the driver has nothing to do with setting the retail price of the car (beyond marketing influences). Logic. Fail.
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM 937 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 657 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 664 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 754 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 658 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind Isaac - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 830 Views
From a government employee: Nice post *NM* scalius - 29/09/2009 10:17:48 PM 285 Views
Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM 599 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 713 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Jragghen - 29/09/2009 11:40:42 PM 761 Views
his statements on health care are precisely my point, but much more well stated. *NM* LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:54:29 PM 282 Views
the difference is the focus of the organizations moondog - 29/09/2009 11:44:56 PM 709 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 723 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 712 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 693 Views
that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM* LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM 278 Views
That's indisbutable Isaac - 30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM 698 Views
And that's all I'm saying LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 640 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying Isaac - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 691 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 733 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 735 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 730 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 597 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 651 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 603 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health moondog - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 730 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... Danu - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 628 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 812 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 627 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 633 Views
i understand your point about the reference moondog - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 687 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 747 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 767 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 750 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 710 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 637 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 591 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 610 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 285 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 286 Views
looks l;ike they found some bipartisan spirit after all random thoughts - 29/09/2009 10:35:55 PM 621 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... Dannymac - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 598 Views
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