OMG. Tort reform rears its ugly head again.
Here’s the numbers again: Less than 1/2 of 1 percent of total healthcare costs. Within the article, I think page 3 or 4, is a link to an article by Dr. Gawande, who went to Texas to see why their health care costs had not gone down after passing tort reform legislation.
http://www.centerjd.org/air/TrueRiskF.pdf
Other question you need to address is “How much malpractice is going on, and who is going to pay for the sick and maimed and killed people?”
We can put them on welfare and medicaid if you all like...
parsy, who says what a non-issue and what a bunch of demagoguery by a bunch of know-nothings and why come you never see any of these articles mention the actual amount of money spent on payouts to lawyers and their clients??? (I’ll give you a hint-—we spend about 8 times as much on bank overdraft fees)
The percentage of payouts doesn’t keep the professional liability insurance companies from making it prohibitively expensive for any specialist to get insurance. Here in Texas, my b-i-l (a family practitioner) pays over $25,000.00 per year in premiums, and he’s never had a claim. The OB/Gyns can pay $200,000.00/yr. Disgraceful.
Colonel, USAFR