If no one sued them, we could just dispense with malpractice insurance companies altogether, huh?
I am sure your shot at sarcasm is delightful .
Certainly Malpractice Insurance is necessary to cover a Doctors mistakes, and they do make mistakes, However some continue making them and they should have their license to practice pulled.
** During his 20 years of suing doctors and hospitals, Edwardds pioneered the art of blaming psychiatrists for patients who commit suicide and blaming doctors for delivering babies with cerebral palsy, according to doctors, fellow lawyers and legal observers who followed Mr. Edwards' career in North Carolina.
"The John Edwards we know crushed [obstetrics, gynecology] and neurosurgery in North Carolina," said Dr. Craig VanDerVeer, a Charlotte neurosurgeon. "As a result, thousands of patients lost their health care." **
If this is the guy you want hel;ping the poor, I think you need to rethink things.
. "How many little people do you know who will supply you with $60 million in legal fees over a couple of years?"
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040816-011234-1949r.htm
Yep, that's why Spaceship Mutual went out of business.