Average malpractice awards have tripled to $3.5 million since 1994, driving medical liability insurance premiums up over 500 percent. In 2001, 12 juries awarded verdicts over $20 million, including a $269 million judgment in Texas. The cost of America's tort system is predicted to go from $200 billion last year to $300 billion by 2005.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041021/dcth094_1.html --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andy wrote: > > It is not surprising that > > Kerry and he don't see the need for any tort > reform as part of an overall > > Healthcare program. > > That's not true - they've endorsed tort reform but > aren't prioritizing > it since the costs is about %1 of the problem. > They're being 80-20 > or, in this case, 99-1. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132807 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
