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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:16:17 -0500, thunder
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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:35 -0700, jps wrote:


These are bandaids for a seriously broken system. Tort reform could
help the situation but it's going to require it's own process.

Tort reform is a red herring. There are enough states that have passed
tort reform to get a good idea whether it will work or not. Medical
malpractice costs are too small a percentage, roughly 1-1 1/2%, to affect
health care costs dramatically. There have also been many studies that
note the tort reform savings do not "trickle down" to the consumer.

A quarter of a million dollar cap per suit is not reform. That just
means they have to file more suits. That is why you see so many lawyer
ads on TV

And it is the extra $5000 every time someone shows up at the hospital in
unneeded tests to cover their butts against a liability suit. Probably a
bigger cost than the suits themselves by a factor of 10 or more.