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
