Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc's poll today

[Sherry]

Well yall...Hey.    I  didnt want to  start a debate here, but I assure you, should you check facts and not propagana thrown out there  by the AMA and insurance lobbies, you would know 1)   There are more doctors now per capita than ten years ago.   Are some of them moving? Yes..why? Good old competition.   How much money does a doctor stand to make in a very rural setting, as opposed to a bigger city/hospital?    When you need medical care,  or tests,  I bet you head to the best facility around. Not the mom and pop 2 horse hospital.   2) NO  ..I repeat NO frivoulous Medical malpractice suits EVER make it to court.  IF an attorney happened to file one which is deemed 'frivoulous" there are countless obsticles which prevent it from ever seeing the light of day.   Several federal Senators had even posed bills to address the filing of frivoulous med. mal lawsuits, but the AMA wouldnt have anything to do it ( nor the insurance lobby) as it didnt line their pockets.  (see the graham durbin bill for one)   3)  Yes the doctors insurance rates are skyrocketing... WHY? As reported to congress by the insurance lobby, "less the projected profits)  One Med mal insurance company anuals came out and a 37 million profit, wasnt enough.   The insurance companies also set up 'litigious zones"    ONE negligent doctor has a suit filed agasint them..(like the doctor who decided to use a screwdriver in place of  rods on someones spine) And ALL the doctors in the area rates go up. As it is now deemed a 'litigious zone"  ..Funny..it's not the negligent doctors fault.. its the citizens who live there.     NO state that has passed a cap has the docs insurance rate gone down.  Ca now has legislation to repeal theirs, as has been touted,  a child died because of a doctors  extreme neglience and the family couldnt even file a case.   HOWEVER, what did help rates was the Ca passing of prop 103,  (years after caps)  WHich proves , Insurance reform, NOT tort reform.   You as a disabled person, would have no recourse to file a case if the doctor say decided to remove your lung instead of your toncils...mmm how caring of people is a doctor going to be that isnt getting reimbursed by the patients insurance company or medicare..AND the patient will not be able to sue?   ANyway..I would suggest some fact checking before opinions are made based on pablum.   ;) Sherry   ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Kimberlin To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc's poll today Elimination of frivolous lawsuits is the key. Billy from Tampa C2-3 9 years post Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:     Insurance rates are going so high for all doctors because of the law suits.  I don't think that is fair.  I think it should be only the doctor that performed mal practice.  Here in Maryland, we are losing many of our doctors because of the insurance rates.   Stacy Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.