For those that like data in addition to their anecdotes, the Congressional Research Service has a new 20 page publication out as a backgrounder to the upcoming healthcare debate. I've skimmed it and looks pretty decent. I'll try to get into the meat of it and the citations it provides later today.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40517_20090414.pdf Judah On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Jacob<[email protected]> wrote: > > My wife's dentist pays over $85,000 a year for malpractice insurance. No > claims. Almost 15% of the office's income goes to malpractice insurance. > > Hate to see it for a brain surgeon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:24 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Why Healthcare Costs Are So High. > > >> Scott wrote: >> >> Its the lawyers, too. One of the biggest expenses a physician pays is >> malpractice insurance. > > That's bogus IMO because doctors, in general, pay the same amount > regardless of whether they've never had a claim or had 1000. > > In short, there's no incentive for bad doctors to be better ones: they > still pay the same premium either way. > > You know what you call the doctor with the most malpractice suits in > the country? > > Doctor > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298149 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
