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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:21 PM Original message |
Why are gynacoligists really getting out of the business? |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pro-life snipers? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. They are taking More Uninsured single Moms |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well..they could still practice their love... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. But that's not the reason for exhorbitent insurance rates! |
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KC21304 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Because the insurance companies are squeezing everyone |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. I just looked up Prudential |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
103. If they're passing the costs on to the doctors... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. yes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Two reasons. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
70. I can't find insurance companies |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. their rates go up, they charge you more |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 07:51 AM Response to Reply #80 |
117. They Can't |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
109. Because insurance companies are greedy sumbitches! |
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slojim240 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
89. Women should go back to using mid-wives anyway. |
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Mushroom (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 07:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
116. Women should go back to using mid-wives anyway |
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kimchi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 08:06 AM Response to Reply #89 |
118. I agree completely. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #118 |
126. True |
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kimchi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #126 |
135. I'm convinced most doctors try to do the right thing. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
94. Um, excuse me, but MANY MARRIED WOMEN have babies via Medicaid |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 08:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
119. Do you have any proof for that statement? |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Blame the privatized system of health care in this country. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. A good question |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
92. You mean the mixed system... |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nowadays, if there is anything wrong with the baby it's instant |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I heard it's malpractice insurance......several hospital wings have closed |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How can the law be changed to stop this? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe new doctors are going into |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't have proof, but it was an emergency in Fla when no one |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. And I don't mean to be crass, but I cannot shed a tear for doctor's |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Ok, I have to disagree with you... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I am sorry, I cannot cry for anyone who barely clears 100K a year ... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Heeellloooo...anyone home? They have to pay for health insurance too. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. I think they do deduct it. Most have professional corporations that |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
81. They are the loudest voices when it comes to "tort reform". None of them |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
122. Now wait. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. I am delighted to hear that there are doctors that recognize |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Been there |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #129 |
133. God bless you and David! |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 05:32 AM Response to Reply #42 |
114. Thank you merh |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #114 |
120. I don't understand the caste system we continue to perpetuate. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. But we are ALL being ripped off by the insurance companies |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
67. WOW! You might have something there! Self insured pool! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #67 |
131. Can you imagine if the AMA set up a self-insured pool for |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
79. I mostly agree with you, merh |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
106. unless I saw their premium statement |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I've read that it's a really dangerous problem in many places -- women |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I'm a stockbroker |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I understand that. He's right. Why couldn't there be documentation |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Because it's not black and white |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Sorry, if there was no action by your client that caused the damage |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Whether there was action that caused damage or not |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. You are so wrong - |
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juslikagrzly (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
134. I must disagree a bit with this (rather long, sorry) |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. One of the major... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. That's not necessarily the case. At the least, it's an exaggeration. |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. OB-GYN |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I don't doubt that, but who is doing the suing and why? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. A man dedicated to medicine for the love of humanity |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
123. Not with over $200K in med school loans to pay back. nt |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. don't know the situation in US |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. OB Gyn |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. like I said I'm not overly familiar with the US but |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. That may be true about the lawyers, and |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. and the flipside being |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. You can't chew up and spit out |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. really? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
107. Yeah right |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Sometimes the jury decision |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. To be fair, the insurance company does provide attorneys for doctors |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. What a silly exaggeration |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. No starving doctors here |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #62 |
97. Don't you think the financial incentives are already there? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
108. I just know one doctor's story |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
66. the doctors are using medmal specialist attorneys |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
127. Your friend will not be alone in court, the insurance company |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Whose golden goose? |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. In any sort of complicated procedure mistakes can happen. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Here is a link to the story I referred to. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. It is not the lawsuits, it is the medical communities' failure to monitor |
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carpetbagger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. I worked in a small town in WV for a number of years. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. See post #25. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. lawsuits are a cost of doing business |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
105. Can't even find a lawyer to take a case |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's a wedge being used to promote "tort reform." |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. On the lighter side - A gynacoligist joke! |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. There are two main factors: |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. agree! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Do you realize what you just said? |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes, I realize what I said |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. I don't mean to be snide here, but 98,000 die due to malpractice? |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Actually, the definition of "malpractice" is: |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
90. Actually, that figure, on further review, |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. Yes, any doctor or nurse can tell you which doctors to avoid. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Here is a source for that statement |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. take this stuff with a grain of salt |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. WebMD agrees with Public Citizen |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Hardly convincing data. |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #91 |
102. Actually, unless you live in a foreign country |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #102 |
128. They don't do it! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Thank you for this post! It is very insightful. |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
64. Exactly. And a better disability system is needed |
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DubyaSux (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's malpractice... |
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salib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. In many ways it is not lawsuits or malpractice |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Has this awalys occured when the market is down? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Past medical malpractice "crises" have corresponded to economic downturns |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Just looked up Prudential's profits |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
99. Your numbers don't disprove the point |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #99 |
110. Well if an insurance company's main profits |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. i 've heard that there are a lot of openings in that field... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Is the premise true or is it yet another gop urban myth? nt |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. In the affluent area where I lived... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
68. The wealthies malpractice attorney in my city |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:19 AM Response to Reply #68 |
100. I've never heard of a stockbroker that works in a small town |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #100 |
111. I live in a city of 95,000 |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:33 AM Response to Reply #100 |
112. Never heard of a stockbroker in a small town |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. Greedy insurance companies. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. hmmm, are they really getting out of the business |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. I only know that several states are in serious trouble. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. I have seen these stories on TV, read of them |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. As an insurance type |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Good point! So is it the Dr's? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. you're not going to believe this |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #88 |
96. From reading all the post here, it seems to me thtat there are 2 problems. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #96 |
104. tort reform (primal scream) |
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Bob Hannah (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
85. Fear |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
87. my dad's one (already semi-retired) |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. What does your dad think the problem is? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #101 |
121. he personally blames frivilous lawsuits |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
98. Imagine being Ann Koulter's OBGYN |
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Algomas (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
113. High incidence of tunnel vision... |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 05:35 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Forgive me, |
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Irishladdie (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
124. They are getting sued like crazy! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Anecdotal information |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #124 |
137. Really? |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
132. Besides "hearing about it" can you post any documentation of it? |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
136. They have been ruthlessly driven out by the gynecologists. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
138. Doctoring the "average" american is an ugly business... |
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