[mewzilla]

Here are just a few of the things this article doesn't tell us: how many lawsuits in WV? Against how many docs? How many are against the same docs? How many suits are won by the plaintiffs? What's the average award? Rendell's barking up the wrong tree. And it sounds as though he wants taxpayers to bail out the insurance companies and allow lawyers to keep raking in the dough. You haven't fixed the problem, Rendell, just postponed the showdown. And the people you just screwed with your modest proposal won't soon forget it the next time this comes up.

[buckalfa]

Another question to ask: do hospitals and doctors
in the state do an effective job of policing
themselves by barring staff and physicians who
are proven to be incompetent by their track record ?
I am afraid the answer is probably not as both parties
are more interested in revenue rather than quality
of care. Peer review is a joke as there is code of
looking the other way between doctors and hospitals.
The malpractice crisis may well be "manafactured"
in an effort to enhance the bottom line by shifting
costs to the taxpayer and patient.