Healthcare Fraud Costs Taxpayers Three Times as Much As Medical Malpractice
The figure most commonly cited as the cost of all medical malpractice is about one half of one percent of all healthcare expenditures. Now, some people claim that figure is too low. So let’s double...
View ArticleDoctor is awarded $500,000 in punitive damages in wrongful termination lawsuit
Considering how vociferously that doctors argue they shouldn’t be sued, I always note when they file a lawsuit. This doctor will learn firsthand how much of an injustice that damage caps are, as his...
View ArticleDoctors Don’t Care About Preventing Medical Malpractice
At least that’s the conclusion I’ve drawn after reading the following statement: "Accountability for false complaints is long overdue," said Jane Orient, M.D., Executive Director of the Association of...
View ArticleA Great Comment About Damage Caps
I was reading an article about a multimillion dollar malpractice verdict and noticed there were some comments. I rolled my eyes, expecting the usual rants against trial lawyers and jury verdicts. One...
View ArticleClearly, this dentist should be sued for malpractice
Someone ought to make a list of every medical care provider who does something like this. FALL RIVER, Mass. – A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of putting paper clips in patients’ mouths...
View ArticleDead Patients Cost a Hospital $4 million Dollars Less Than A Doctor’s Bruised...
In Florida, the maximum amount of money a hospital has to pay the family of someone who died as a result of a doctor’s negligence is $1 million dollars. Now read this: The Supreme Court will not...
View ArticleWhat the “reformers” really want
I saw a news article earlier today about a new proposal in Michigan. Apparently the Republicans in the Senate believe that the best way to fix the economy is to prohibit medical malpractice cases...
View ArticleUtah tort reform legislation requires doctors to rat each other out
Many times a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit isn’t exactly sure who to sue. Between primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, clinics and all of the other providers, it’s hard for an...
View ArticleWonder if these are the students who later commit medical malpractice?
I’ll tell you one thing – law school professors have no problem in failing students who they think will be bad lawyers. Probably because lawyers have more loyalty to the profession than to each other....
View ArticleDon’t blame me for so-called defensive medicine
When a doctor orders a test, he or she is representing to the health insurance company that the test is medically necessary. Yet many doctors admit they order tests they do not believe are medically...
View ArticleJoanne Doroshow on the Insurance Antitrust Exemption
Joanne never disappoints. It’s fascinating to watch the insurance industry try to justify 60 years of anti-competitive behavior. The medical malpractice insurers are doing their best, that’s for...
View ArticleA Mediocre Article On Both Sides of The Medical Malpractice Debate
This could have been an excellent article. It could have told the story of someone severely injured by malpractice, the years it took them to get compensation, and the problems with the medical system...
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