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To: kingu
What I want to know is when the hell somebody in Washington is going to do something about the out of control suits in healthcare that is driving insurance through the roof. I meet doctors everyday and you just would not believe the stories they tell me...Obstetricians for one paying upwards of $250 THOUSAND dollars a year in insurance! Can you imagine? Just to deliver a freggin` baby they has to pay a quarter of a mill a year in litigation insurance so some crackhead who delivers a kid with flippers doesn`t take his house.

I had jury duty a few years ago, and I couldn`t take it...Every case they called me for was a malpractice suit, and I actually got into a heated debate with one lawyer calling him a freggin` leech. It was ridiculous, some guy who doesn`t see a doctor for 15 years and he`s blaming the doc because he has terminal cancer, stuff like that. And then they line up jurors who they know will believe any BS they say, and they end up awarding some moron $20 million and as a result the insurance goes up even more.

I mean think about it, if car mechanics were sued at the level the health care profession is, it would cost you $50 grand to get a fan belt put in! This nonsense has got to stop, but all you get is "oh we need national healthcare" from the democrats. This new movie Michael Moore is making on healthcare, how much you want to bet not once will he mention out of control lawsuits? I`ll bet anything that whole movie will portray doctors as greedy bastards and lawyers as the heroes.


21 posted on 10/28/2006 1:07:45 AM PDT by Screamname (Islam: born 610 A.D Judiasm: Born 3700 B.C.Tell me again about the demands of Muslims over Israel.)
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To: Screamname

You weren't clear in your post...come on...tell us how you really feel....








just kidding...i agree wit' ya ;)


22 posted on 10/28/2006 1:18:40 AM PDT by teldon30 (disgruntled 2nd class)
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To: Screamname

It would be a step in the right direction if punitive awards went to the state, a non-profit, or a charity. Why should the plaintif (and his attorney) receive it -- he's already been compensated for economic loss and emotional distress.


25 posted on 10/28/2006 4:45:46 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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