And the other side of that story: http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/08/06/reduce-the-high-cost-of-medical-malpractice/
According to Towers Perrin, a global professional services firm, malpractice litigation costs $30 billion a year, and, since 1975, direct costs of litigation avoidance have grown at more than 10 percent annually. On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't cross-checked her facts, but they seem pretty compelling. > > http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/458397 > > ... For 30 years, insurance companies have waged a public relations campaign > designed to close the doors of the courtroom to those injured by medical > professionals. This campaign is bolstered by claims of frivolous lawsuits. > Proponents of the changes want the public to believe these claims are > bankrupting insurance companies, burdening already overcrowded court > dockets, and causing doctors to close their practices. > > Very few statistics that support these claims have been released. The > perception is that there are thousands of claims and that virtually every > doctor has been the "victim" of a medical-malpractice suit. I recently read > an article in "Forum," a publication of the Risk Management Foundation for > Harvard Medical Institutions. Below are statistics from that insurance > publication: > > ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329322 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
