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Without malpractice insurance, would doctors be incentivized to not take on risky patients? Risky could be defined as litigious (I know this patient has sued an
by oaktrout 5y ago
Without malpractice insurance, would doctors be incentivized to not take on risky patients? Risky could be defined as litigious (I know this patient has sued another doctor before) or medically difficult to treat (this patient needs this surgery but they are at high risk of poor outcome due to their current state of health).
Having sued a doctor once, you might never be able to get medical treatment again.
- pc86 5y agoWhich would also disincentivize ridiculous lawsuits that you'd almost certainly lose.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIt would also disincentivize legitimate lawsuits.