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Don't you think it would be better to ration trial lawyers?...?
- Thread starter bwlobo
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mr_crankypants
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Actually malpractice insurance accounts for less than 10% of all healthcare inflation. So by denying people access to the courts you would save pennies. Not a good price to pay for taking away our rights.
You are experiencing truthiness. Something that sounds true to you but in reality is not true at all.
Also many working people are injured by doctors who are negligent, or equipment makers who cut corners, or doctors who don't get enough sleep but still operate on people. When they remove the wrong arm or leg, or kidney, I think we should not close the courthose doors. That's really stupid.
You are experiencing truthiness. Something that sounds true to you but in reality is not true at all.
Also many working people are injured by doctors who are negligent, or equipment makers who cut corners, or doctors who don't get enough sleep but still operate on people. When they remove the wrong arm or leg, or kidney, I think we should not close the courthose doors. That's really stupid.
Contard H. Moshiach
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Why doesn't some free-market genius come up with this idea:
1) When you go see your doctor, you get the option to sign a waiver promising not to sue. You seal it in an envelope so he doesn't know if you signed it or not.
2) He treats you. Since he doesn't know if you signed the waiver or not, hopefully you'll still get proper treatment.
3) He gives you the bill and they open the envelope. If you signed the waiver then you get a % discount of however much they claim malpractice lawsuits add to the cost of care.
1) When you go see your doctor, you get the option to sign a waiver promising not to sue. You seal it in an envelope so he doesn't know if you signed it or not.
2) He treats you. Since he doesn't know if you signed the waiver or not, hopefully you'll still get proper treatment.
3) He gives you the bill and they open the envelope. If you signed the waiver then you get a % discount of however much they claim malpractice lawsuits add to the cost of care.
No. Not really. I worked for a surgery department that reduced their litigation costs by 40-50% by hiring - wait, not hiring, reassigning count em, 2 nurses to take care of problems before they became problems. They did this by defusing angry patients and angry family members.
You see, people sue because they feel they've been treated badly - not necessarily because of malpractice in most cases. They diffused the situations by making sure patient and family concerns were addressed timely and giving out things like free parking vouchers and gift shop gift certificates.
So, we don't have to reform the entire tort system.
You see, people sue because they feel they've been treated badly - not necessarily because of malpractice in most cases. They diffused the situations by making sure patient and family concerns were addressed timely and giving out things like free parking vouchers and gift shop gift certificates.
So, we don't have to reform the entire tort system.