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You think the government should cap the price of suffering? What do you think should happen with malpractice or medical errors? For example, take this recent n

You think the government should cap the price of suffering? What do you think should happen with malpractice or medical errors? For example, take this recent news story and pretend this was in the USA, where a woman goes in for a routine procedure and ends up with an abortion. https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/doctor-performed-abortion-on-wrong-woman-because-of-hospital-mixup/ https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/doctor-performed-abortion-on-w... How would you like to strictly regulate damages for that? What do you think is reasonable for that situation? How about if someone is rendered disabled or impaired? Marred? Dead?

hcknwscommenter 7y ago
People like to point to malpractice and lawyers and blame it all on that. Every actual study I've read totals the cost of tort liability (insurance, law suits, damages, etc.) at about 5% of total health care spending. Significant to be sure, but not the bogey man people like to make it out to be.
- notadoc 7y ago
  It sounds like an industry argument that would be introduced by insurers to benefit insurers, since it would obviously benefit them. I see no benefit to the patient to limiting medical error liability, but I'd be interested to hear the arguments in favor.