Reply #38: You ARE aware, aren't you, that the "malpractice insurance" firms

[SoCalDem]

are OWNED by physician consortiums?...

This is the same scam argument as :

death tax
junk science
social security "reform"
"It's YOUR MONEY" tax reforms
oldsters' RX card
etc etc

Smoke & mirrors..that's all it is..

Contingency law suits PREVENT frivolous lawsuits. No lawyer worth his salt would even bother with a marginal lawsuit that was not worth litigating. Another thing that no one ever mentions is this:

Headlines scream "88 MILLION AWARDED in LANDMARK LAWSUIT"...but behind the scenes, the amount is whittled away, and appealed and appealed and appealed, so that by the time (often many years later) the actual "checks are written", the amount is far less, and it's rarely even reported on. In fact, sometimes it's part of the settlement.."non-disclosure".. BUT the original award was broadcast loudly and often at the original award. Often, the patient is DEAD before the case is finally resolved..

What would stop MOST of these suits??

DOCTORS TESTIFYINGS AGAINST DANGEROUS DOCTORS.
Bad doctors having their licenses revoked..IN EVERY STATE
Knocking down the "good ole boy" network of silence that allows these bad ones to contnue hurting patients.

Another thing to consider.. If the truly bad ones were booted out, the insurance rates would drop as well.. If a doctor had charges against him, you BET his rates will increase.. If you have 5 car wrecks in a year, do you think your auto insurance will stay low??