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Last Fall
Texas voters passed Proposition 12, intended to limitmedical malpractice
awards. It was sold as necessary in order tokeep doctors from closing
practices due to out of control malpracticepremiums.
The Austin
American Statesman reported about a month ago that postpassage, only one
insurance company / consortium has lowered
theirpremiums.
In the
Saturday, March 6th, AAS was an article(<<A
href="">http://www.statesman.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/saturday/news_049468538472712f0078.html>)documenting
the problems that non-profits are having affordingliability insurance due to
increased payouts due to the CatholicChurch problems,
etc.
Embedded in
the story is this paragraph:
"Premiums
continue to increase despite the preemptive measures. Partof the problem,
say insurers, has nothing to do with child abuse:Companies have turned to
premiums for revenue after stocks went dry."
If one
assumes that the business of insuring non-profits is similarto the business
of insuring doctors, then this suggests thatProposition 12 was as much about
bailing out the insurers as it wasabout medical malpractice
reform.
<FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,Brendan
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<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: EarlA
[mailto:earl.a@xxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:43
AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: healthcare
was RE: [RT] sp500/nasdaq top
"Tort reform" is espoused as a political solution. The fact is that,
while lawyers are abusers of the system (especially some headline cases), they
consume a very small portion of that 7% of GDP which goes to healthcare
administrative costs. Further, many of the tort reform bills I have seen
promoted, fail to adequately compensate the victims of egregious
mal-practice. I classify egregious mal-practice differently than the
inevitable mistakes made by imperfect humans or even the non-mistakes where
the patient can simply not be fixed. The current system encourages cover-up
and non-disclosure at every level and that does need to be fixed. However,
fixing it involves more than just shutting off the lawyers, it involves
opening physician and health care facility performance and complaint records
to the public. Under the current system, the entire medical profession does
its very best to conceal anything negative. It is therefore nearly impossible
for healthcare consumers to make educated judgments regarding the quality of
care and likelihood of a favorable outcome.
Earl
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----- Original Message -----
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>From:
Mark Simms
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="">realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:45
AM
Subject: healthcare was RE: [RT]
sp500/nasdaq top
Earl - re:
"..What's obvious is that the healthcare system,
currently in private hands, has run amuck. I don't know what
the solution is."
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Ever consider
the fact that lack of tort reform has caused the overhead costs of
doctors and hospitals to be exhorbitant ? On top of that, the legal
system has made extortion LEGAL by forcing doctor's to settle claims they
are not really responsible for.
My wife has
been in the business of settling healthcare claims for years.....I know
first-hand what is going on here.
A frat
brother of mine, not the sharpest tool in the shed, is now a millionaire
lawyer...all he does is handle mal-med and those stupid personal injury
cases that are so bogus.
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So here's the
correct statement:
"What's
obvious is that the LEGAL system in America, currently controlled by the
GOVERNMENT, has run amuck and has affected the healthcare provider mechanism
PROFOUNDLY"
"The solution
is simple: Tort reform whereby frivolous lawsuits against good doctors
result in a significant penalty for the plaintiff if they are
dismissed"
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