[quebecois]

"the docs always have the economic choice to not carry insurance"

Not true...medicare regulations require that participating hospitals obtain proof of insurance before they admit physicians to their medical staff. If you aren't on the staff of a hospital, you can't admit patients anywhere.

[Lancey Howard]

"Pennsylvania law requires surgeons to buy $1 million in medical liability insurance, plus pay into a state fund that helps pay court judgments that exceed the limits on their private policies."

The scumbag trial lwayers run things in Harrisburg.

[Founding Father]

Still true--doc doesn't have to agree to take medicare patients and can opt out.