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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:29:55 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

“We found that regardless of a physician’s political affiliation, the
respondents attributed the practice of defensive medicine to excessive
waste in the health care system,” said Rick Jackson, chairman and CEO
of
Jackson Healthcare, in a statement."

~~Sorry - no can do. Gotta keep the trial lawyers busy and rich.~~

The survey found that 62 percent of physicians disagreed with the
American Medical Association’s (AMA) stance on health care reform. Of
those, 46 percent said they “strongly disagree” with the AMA’s
stance.

http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlan...9/daily1.html?
ana=fox

Heh - what a shock.

Yeah, what a shock. The CBO states that we could save $54 billion over
the next ten years, by instituting tort reform. Big whoop, that's 0.5%
of health care spending.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...le/2009/10/09/
AR2009100904271.html

Oh, and 23 states already limit pain and suffering awards, and 34 states
already limit punitive awards. Doctors might be better served by
policing their ranks and getting rid of the incompetents. 5% of doctors
account for over 50% of the malpractice here. Get rid of those 5% and we
would have saved $21 billion, and a lot of pain and suffering.

http://www.tradewatch.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1222

How many times is that $54 billion exceeded by cover your ass extra
diagnostic tests?