In a market economy this is how we ensure quality and demand responsibility: we make it very expensive to make mistakes. Especially where life is involved.
Doctors, however, are exempt from the market economy so when society, via law, tries to send them a message they can shield themselves by sending the penalty back to society. If Mr. Bush were fiscally conservative, he'd simply remove the "all for one" malpractice premiums and associate them to individual doctors based on risk: Bad doctors pay through the nose to be insured, good doctors pay little and therefore make more money. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:39:55 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well if the doctor twisted the tubes that'd be a > problem. > > Still my life insurance is only one years salary. > Why would that accident make me or you suddenly worth > over $100 million? > > -sm > > > --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think you can say *what* it is worth. Isn't > > that his whole > > point? These verdicts come about when a jury feels > > that someone has > > been criminally negligeant. If you are ever > > hospitalized would you not > > want to be able to count on the hospital to > > administer your medication > > safely? > > > > > If she did die it would have been by accident, and > > is > > > that worth 500 million to her husband? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132834 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
