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Ann Coulter: Is there a trial lawyer in the House?
JewishWorldReview.com ^
| Sept. 19, 2007
| Ann Coulter
Posted on 09/19/2007 2:50:57 PM PDT by JWR_Editor
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To: JWR_Editor
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:34:52 PM PDT
by
visitor
(dems Undermine National Defense, Mislead their Voter Base, Demoralize Troops, Encourage the Enemy)
To: SteamShovel
Only high level surgical specialties at the top of their game take home that kind of bread.
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:38:06 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Joe Bfstplk
“If doctors refused to treat lawyers...”
Or at least require them to be seen only by vets, much as a weasel would.
23
posted on
09/19/2007 5:38:23 PM PDT
by
Bogtrotter52
(Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
To: biff
I have personal knowledge of doctors with take home wages running from the low of 20k/month to a high of 60k/month. That is after payroll taxes and after their outrageous insurance costs.Sure. Here's one of them:
To: biff
I don't believe you. Although it's beside the point, this is still a somewhat free country--the whole effort behind this recent doctor-bashing is to soften them up so they won't oppose socialized medicine. She wants them to know she can beat them, so they'd better join her.
There are a lot of docs ready to just shrug. They know they can pick up a lot of bennies when the fix is in. Like sick leave, personal holidays, overtime, lunch breaks...
They also know that the current litigation rate will have to abate--there is no way to run socialized medicine with the kind of legal climate we have. It'd all just shut down, as the docs are deprived of the income to pay their insurance, quit. Docs are picked from among the brightest college students. They'll find something else to do.
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:45:14 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: biff
"Sorry Ann, cant get with you on this. I have personal knowledge of doctors with take home wages running from the low of 20k/month to a high of 60k/month." So what? Most of them bloody earn it. If you are suffering from class envy get off your duff and go to medical school.
Me? I don't want to work that hard so I risk capital instead.
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:45:26 PM PDT
by
bluetone006
(The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise - Tacitus)
To: Bogtrotter52
When lawyers get kidney stones, they don’t get their morphine as fast as non-lawyers. There is also a high rate of barium enemas given to lawyer patients.
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:46:56 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: FormerACLUmember
What an ignorant comment. Texas rates have gone down every year for the past 5 years since reform.thats funny, Texas was the exact state I was thinking of when I made the comment. Obviously you and I are relying on different information. But I wont be so rude as to call you ignorant for having an opinion that differs from mine.
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:54:33 PM PDT
by
jdub
To: JWR_Editor
HOORAY ANN! OUTSTANDING! Producers vs. parasites BUMP!
29
posted on
09/19/2007 6:04:11 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: jdub
Texas has indeed enjoyed some benefits from their reform. Google or search up on it--"Doctors return from out of state due to malpractice insurance reform." Texas has a number of productive medical schools (Hillary hasn't shut them down yet), but a lot of the graduates leave the state. Now some are coming back, which should make medical care more available.
Not necessarily cheaper. Doctor's fees do not drive up health care costs. Hospitalization, procedures, treatments, technicians--that's the driver of increased costs. Except for some surgeries, your doctor's fee on your hospital bill is a pittance compared to the rest of the charges.
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:10:42 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Dianna
Me too, I am just saying that doctors in American make more money than they let on.
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:19:22 PM PDT
by
biff
To: SteamShovel
Jeese, I am not saying they are not hard working, honest folks. All the hell I was trying to say is they make more money than we are let on to believe.
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:21:07 PM PDT
by
biff
To: Mamzelle
I don’t care whether you believe me or not and I am getting sick and tired of the posters thinking I am some Commie sumbish that hate doctors and the money they make.
ALL I AM TRYING TO SAY IS DOCTORS MAKE MORE THAN YOU THINK THEY ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:23:57 PM PDT
by
biff
To: FormerACLUmember
What an ignorant comment. Texas rates have gone down every year for the past 5 years since reform. Bull$hit!
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:32:28 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
To: biff
Only a surgical subspecialist at
the top of his game --which means an established practice with a reliable flow of patients--like an orthopod who specializes in knees who's 45 years old and owns his own practice with a hoard of junior partners--he might pull down $500k a year.
Now, Tiller the Killer in Kansas brings in about $800K on late term abortions.
By the way--we're due for a serious shortage in surgeons and surgical subspecialists. Women, who make up half of medical students trend away from surgery and surgery specialties. The numbers are already declining. Also--these docs are the ones retiring early, so we're losing experience. We're way down on trauma surgeons--hospitals are starting to rate themselves lower levels of trauma center because of it.
Just in time for overweight America to ruin their knees, hips and backs, and to get into car wrecks in Orlando.
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:47:50 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Nachoman
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:51:28 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Mamzelle
Wrongo on the 500k.
Correct on the other stuff.
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:53:37 PM PDT
by
biff
To: Keith in Iowa
>>>If doctors refused to treat lawyers...
“Imagine being BreckGirls doctor...”
Would that be a gynecologist or a proctologist?
38
posted on
09/19/2007 6:57:51 PM PDT
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(Swap principle for power and you'll end up with neither)
To: JWR_Editor
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posted on
09/19/2007 6:59:17 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: Forgiven_Sinner
We're a little short on the cheesecake in this aisle.
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posted on
09/19/2007 7:03:00 PM PDT
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(Swap principle for power and you'll end up with neither)
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