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but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog Send a noteboard - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 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.


so the car insurance analogy is pretty apt, since almost all states require the driver to carry it. i'm sure there are doctors who set their own prices out there, but for the most part the prices are set by the hospitals and HMOs, etc. i don't personally know any doctors, but the ones i've gone to don't set their own prices when i've asked them. their prices are set by the group they belong to.
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM 921 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 639 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 649 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 701 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 694 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 709 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 697 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 678 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 682 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 673 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 715 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 721 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 714 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 570 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 587 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 614 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 796 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 623 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 754 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 737 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 695 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 623 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 578 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 596 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 277 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 278 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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