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To: JusPasenThru
Not to worry, WVa. Just have your governor do what the governor of Pennsylvania did--issue a letter threatening to prosecute them for patient abandonment if they close their practices down.

Will the guv'na pay for insurance premiums for the surgeons and other docs? The dirty little secret of medical liability insurance is that only 30% of the premiums go to (allegedly) injured plaintiffs. The trial lawyers get their 30-40% of course. But the costs of the DEFENSE attorneys is equal to the payouts to the plaintiffs attorneys!!

God forbid the pathetic excuse for a governor in Pennsylvania would enact tort reform to lower the income of his lawyer buddies.

24 posted on 12/28/2002 8:44:29 AM PST by friendly
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To: friendly
Would the 'loser pays' concept work well here?
26 posted on 12/28/2002 8:49:28 AM PST by szweig
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