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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 940 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 660 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 667 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 757 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 662 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind Isaac - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 832 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 603 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 715 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 711 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 726 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 716 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 696 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 700 Views
And that's all I'm saying LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 644 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying Isaac - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 693 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 735 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 739 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 733 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 599 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 655 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 606 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health moondog - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 734 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... Danu - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 630 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 816 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 631 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 636 Views
i understand your point about the reference moondog - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 690 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 749 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 771 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 752 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 712 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 640 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 593 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 613 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 623 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... Dannymac - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 600 Views
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