Medical Malpractice law suits are the #1 reason Healthcare costs are so high. In additon to caps on losses in certain states, I think the government or assigned outside agency should invesitagte and approve or decline reasonable means to sue a healthcare professional.
No MD here,
I have to disagree with you on this point. The total of all medmal claims / payouts only account for roughtly 1% of the annual premiums brought in by medmal carriers. So, to say that it\’s the #1 reason med insurance is so high isn\’t correct.
Caps are also not going to help. The problem with frivilous lawsuites is with lawyers that will take any case and settle them for 5 or 10K a piece, take their fees and move on to the next. The high damage claims are usually with merit, and capping claims is only going to hurt those that have been seriously injured by negligence.
the parties could meet on Oprah and discuss their differences. Oprah could be the mediator; the audience could vote for whoever they believe. Commercials could offset legal fees.
1. Med mal cases do not often settle out of court and almost always go to trial regardless of the merit of the case.
2. Why must those of you who do not agree with this case or the right to sue in any case resort to name-calling and insults in order to make your point. Perhaps you are not capable of making an intelligent point on a mature level?
everytime the argument comes up about caps for med mal cases, the plaintiff bar argues the average trial verdict is not that high and dollars paid via verdict only amount to a small percentage of med mal premiums.
So it\’s a very mysterious thing…where is all that other money going?
That\’s right, it\’s goes to out of court settlements!
So maybe you should get it together before you take sides.
Do you know how many more years cases would be backed up if they all went to court? No, didn\’t think you did.
Juror X had learned of Charlie Weis attempt at the dog food diet before he tried surgery…from the trial transcript:
It was right after the Super Bowl, and after eating us out of house, home, and a couple refrigerator racks. My wife told me Notre Dame had called, but I couldn\’t find the phone under all the twinkie wrappers and McDonald\’s cartons on the floor; I figured who cares, who would want to coach at the college level after the pro\’s anyway. I was getting hungry again, so I went out for some snacks and necessities. The dogs were getting whiny as I hadn\’t fed them, so I was in Wal-Mart; I had one cart full of Sam\’s brand pizzas and muffins, and I had a second cart to load several large bags of PXXXXX dog chow and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had any dogs; I thought \’yeah lady, I just buy this stuff for fun\’. But I tried to be polite, but she continued to pry, and I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting dog food diet again (brand name withheld, but one of the namebrands), although I probably shouldn\’t because I ended up in the hospital last time. I opened the end of the bag and took out a handful and started eating the stuff. I was too hungover to taste anything, but it wasn\’t half bad. I embellished it abit and told her for meals, I sometimes pour beef broth over it and pretend it\’s roast beef with gravy. Continuing, I told the nosy twit I\’d lost 50 pounds the last time I tried the diet, but I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my body and IV\’s in both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her head.
I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or purse with nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The package said the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her. I was already on my second handful of nuggets, and a couple people behind me asked if they could try them and did. No one complained about the taste, and the tall guy even said it was pretty good.
Horrified, the lady asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.
I said no…..I\’d been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me. I then decided against the dog food diet and called the surgeon
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Medical Malpractice law suits are the #1 reason Healthcare costs are so high. In additon to caps on losses in certain states, I think the government or assigned outside agency should invesitagte and approve or decline reasonable means to sue a healthcare professional.
No MD here,
I have to disagree with you on this point. The total of all medmal claims / payouts only account for roughtly 1% of the annual premiums brought in by medmal carriers. So, to say that it\’s the #1 reason med insurance is so high isn\’t correct.
Caps are also not going to help. The problem with frivilous lawsuites is with lawyers that will take any case and settle them for 5 or 10K a piece, take their fees and move on to the next. The high damage claims are usually with merit, and capping claims is only going to hurt those that have been seriously injured by negligence.
Anytime anyone gets sued it is ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY. If it wasn\’t then why sue? Oh what, for closure?
Steve,
What sort of conflict resolution would you suggest if not to sue?
the parties could meet on Oprah and discuss their differences. Oprah could be the mediator; the audience could vote for whoever they believe. Commercials could offset legal fees.
Wow, somebody needs a hug. Go luck with those rage issues Stevie.
If Charlie would only go back to that dog food diet he mentioned in another article, all this lawsuit and surgery stuff would not be necessary.
1. Med mal cases do not often settle out of court and almost always go to trial regardless of the merit of the case.
2. Why must those of you who do not agree with this case or the right to sue in any case resort to name-calling and insults in order to make your point. Perhaps you are not capable of making an intelligent point on a mature level?
revdjg:
where do you get your facts? Larry King?
everytime the argument comes up about caps for med mal cases, the plaintiff bar argues the average trial verdict is not that high and dollars paid via verdict only amount to a small percentage of med mal premiums.
So it\’s a very mysterious thing…where is all that other money going?
That\’s right, it\’s goes to out of court settlements!
So maybe you should get it together before you take sides.
Do you know how many more years cases would be backed up if they all went to court? No, didn\’t think you did.
Juror X had learned of Charlie Weis attempt at the dog food diet before he tried surgery…from the trial transcript:
It was right after the Super Bowl, and after eating us out of house, home, and a couple refrigerator racks. My wife told me Notre Dame had called, but I couldn\’t find the phone under all the twinkie wrappers and McDonald\’s cartons on the floor; I figured who cares, who would want to coach at the college level after the pro\’s anyway. I was getting hungry again, so I went out for some snacks and necessities. The dogs were getting whiny as I hadn\’t fed them, so I was in Wal-Mart; I had one cart full of Sam\’s brand pizzas and muffins, and I had a second cart to load several large bags of PXXXXX dog chow and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had any dogs; I thought \’yeah lady, I just buy this stuff for fun\’. But I tried to be polite, but she continued to pry, and I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting dog food diet again (brand name withheld, but one of the namebrands), although I probably shouldn\’t because I ended up in the hospital last time. I opened the end of the bag and took out a handful and started eating the stuff. I was too hungover to taste anything, but it wasn\’t half bad. I embellished it abit and told her for meals, I sometimes pour beef broth over it and pretend it\’s roast beef with gravy. Continuing, I told the nosy twit I\’d lost 50 pounds the last time I tried the diet, but I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my body and IV\’s in both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her head.
I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or purse with nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The package said the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her. I was already on my second handful of nuggets, and a couple people behind me asked if they could try them and did. No one complained about the taste, and the tall guy even said it was pretty good.
Horrified, the lady asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.
I said no…..I\’d been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me. I then decided against the dog food diet and called the surgeon