Let me get this straight. You want doctors to be free of liability even if they are negligent when treating emergency room patients. And you see this as helping the patients? What planet do these doctors come from?
The following information from the sources cited and from DMLR’s website explains that tort reform does not seek to limit lost wages, inability to work, medical expenses, recuperation or long-term care compensation resulting from the malpractice. Tort reform seeks to place a limit or cap on non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering.
“States with limits of $250,000 or $350,000 on non-economic damages have average combined highest premium increases of 12-15%, compared with 44% in states without caps on non-economic damages.” (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
“$60-108 billion would be saved in health care costs each year by placing a reasonable limit on non-economic damages.” (July 24, 2002 HHS report)
In Florida, “Non-economic damages respresent an average of 69% of loss dollars paid to the plaintiff during the years 1992 through 2001.” (Florida Department of Insurance Closed Claims Data Base)
â€ŔPeople are dying because of politics,†said Dr. Gail Rosseau, national spokesperson for Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR). â€ŔNot because we don’t have the technology, not because we don’t have the doctors, but because astronomical medical liability insurance rates are taking doctors away from our patients at an alarming rate.â€Â
Rosseau emphasized that DMLR is dedicated to the passage of comprehensive federal medical liability reform legislation that includes a cap on non-economic damages. â€ÂWe need access to care everywhere, not just in the few states that have implemented effective reforms,†Rosseau said. She explained that the noneconomic portions of damages are often impossible to quantify and are frequently manipulated by plaintiff attorneys and easily inflated. Damages for such things as lost wages, inability to work, medical expense recuperation or long-term care compensation will be fully compensated under reform legislation supported by DMLR.
â€ŔLike most Americans, we strongly believe that a wrongful or neglectful medical event should result in full, fair awards,†Rosseau said. â€ŔIt is the unreasonable, lottery-style awards that enrich personal injury attorneys
with millions of dollars that are forcing good doctors to give up the work they love and are putting patients at risk of having no access to healthcare.â€Â
Rosseau pointed out that unless federal liability reform is enacted to resolve the healthcare crisis, all Americans will eventually suffer. â€ŔIf something doesn’t change, it’s our patients who will pay the final price. And at the end of the day, we’re all patients.â€Â
Nowhere in the news story or the comments do I see anything about a mandated reduction in Insurance rates or in hospital charges, to accompany “Tort reform”. With Medical costs among the most inflated parts of our economy, I think the Medical Profession is once again treating the symptoms without eradicating the desease or even thinking of cleaning up their own act.
This is just another example of why I am no longer a Democrat. The Democratic leadership has betrayed the members of the Democratic Party on numerous occasions. They are no longer for the people, only themselves. Sadly, the Democratic leadership now depends on uneducated, mostly foreign, illegals to stay in office. Their accumulated actions will eventually spell the end of the Democratic party as a major political party.
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Let me get this straight. You want doctors to be free of liability even if they are negligent when treating emergency room patients. And you see this as helping the patients? What planet do these doctors come from?
The following information from the sources cited and from DMLR’s website explains that tort reform does not seek to limit lost wages, inability to work, medical expenses, recuperation or long-term care compensation resulting from the malpractice. Tort reform seeks to place a limit or cap on non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering.
“States with limits of $250,000 or $350,000 on non-economic damages have average combined highest premium increases of 12-15%, compared with 44% in states without caps on non-economic damages.” (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
“$60-108 billion would be saved in health care costs each year by placing a reasonable limit on non-economic damages.” (July 24, 2002 HHS report)
In Florida, “Non-economic damages respresent an average of 69% of loss dollars paid to the plaintiff during the years 1992 through 2001.” (Florida Department of Insurance Closed Claims Data Base)
â€ŔPeople are dying because of politics,†said Dr. Gail Rosseau, national spokesperson for Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR). â€ŔNot because we don’t have the technology, not because we don’t have the doctors, but because astronomical medical liability insurance rates are taking doctors away from our patients at an alarming rate.â€Â
Rosseau emphasized that DMLR is dedicated to the passage of comprehensive federal medical liability reform legislation that includes a cap on non-economic damages. â€ÂWe need access to care everywhere, not just in the few states that have implemented effective reforms,†Rosseau said. She explained that the noneconomic portions of damages are often impossible to quantify and are frequently manipulated by plaintiff attorneys and easily inflated. Damages for such things as lost wages, inability to work, medical expense recuperation or long-term care compensation will be fully compensated under reform legislation supported by DMLR.
â€ŔLike most Americans, we strongly believe that a wrongful or neglectful medical event should result in full, fair awards,†Rosseau said. â€ŔIt is the unreasonable, lottery-style awards that enrich personal injury attorneys
with millions of dollars that are forcing good doctors to give up the work they love and are putting patients at risk of having no access to healthcare.â€Â
Rosseau pointed out that unless federal liability reform is enacted to resolve the healthcare crisis, all Americans will eventually suffer. â€ŔIf something doesn’t change, it’s our patients who will pay the final price. And at the end of the day, we’re all patients.â€Â
Nowhere in the news story or the comments do I see anything about a mandated reduction in Insurance rates or in hospital charges, to accompany “Tort reform”. With Medical costs among the most inflated parts of our economy, I think the Medical Profession is once again treating the symptoms without eradicating the desease or even thinking of cleaning up their own act.
This is just another example of why I am no longer a Democrat. The Democratic leadership has betrayed the members of the Democratic Party on numerous occasions. They are no longer for the people, only themselves. Sadly, the Democratic leadership now depends on uneducated, mostly foreign, illegals to stay in office. Their accumulated actions will eventually spell the end of the Democratic party as a major political party.