Agreed. Tort reform will help save healthcare costs and enable more doctors to practice their trade. My doctor just shut down his practice of 20-30 years and let his entire staff go due to the cost of business growing out of control.
Brad -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Broadwick Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:11 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Insurance.... > You've got that one wrong. Studies have shown that in states where tort reform was enacted there was no effect on the number of doctors or the cost of healthcare. Specifically to your point, those states with tort reform did NOT see a reduction in malpractice insurance premiums. -Matt Not sure where you got this info Matt. I've seen just the opposite. In Mississippi they had lost most of the OB/GYN docs. They are now getting what they need since they enacted tort reform. The cost of malpractice, jury awards, and defensive medicine are massive. Regards, Jeff Jeff Broadwick ImageStream 800-813-5123 x106 (US/Can) +1 574-935-8484 x106 (Int'l) -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:05 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Insurance.... On Dec 8, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Mike wrote: > The first is to allow people to die with dignity. I saw something on > 60 minutes recently where a trauma doctor was talking about how 60% of > people spend the last few days of their lives in intensive care at > great expense while compassionate medical personnel pull out all stops > to prolong their lives. When is enough, enough? I have a living will > and will come back to haunt anyone not respecting my wishes. > Having watched two relatives die over the course of days being starved to death as part of a "humane" end of life treatment I understand very well that our current system needs euthanasia reform. The fact that it would save money is even better, but it is not about the money. > The second is a big one, tort reform. I don't know exactly how we can > get a handle on that one, but the frivolous lawsuits are adding an > immense burden to health care costs. OBGYN doctors are leaving the > field because they can't afford malpractice insurance. Those who stay > are charging ever greater fees in order to cover their premiums. And > that is only one branch of medicine. Many others suffer from the same > dynamics. > You've got that one wrong. Studies have shown that in states where tort reform was enacted there was no effect on the number of doctors or the cost of healthcare. Specifically to your point, those states with tort reform did NOT see a reduction in malpractice insurance premiums. -Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
