Is there any good reason noone is discussing the impact of Tort Law on medical costs?
Ambulance chasing lawyers drive up the cost of healthcare and it is a simple matter to restrict the amount of malpractice awards to minimize this impact.
The Trial Lawyer's Association is one of the Dem Party's biggest contributors.
People say that malpractice insurance is only about 5% of a doctor’s costs and dismiss the issue. What they don’t say is that doctor’s order lots of tests to confirm what they already know just to cover their butts. We all pay more because of this.
You are so right. The healthcare costs went skyhigh when we first started seeing these multimillion dollar lawsuits.
The blame lies on the shoulders of the lawyers who got super rich (John Edwards?) from just one case. Their malpractice insurance is very costly.
I know one doctor who says it’s too expensive and too time consuming to run private practice so he just works in the ER. He has more time with his family and less stress this way.