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> I also learned it's incredibly difficult to sue a doctor for a misdiagnosis, even if they put you on a drug like methotrexate and took years of normalcy from
by belinder 3y ago
> I also learned it's incredibly difficult to sue a doctor for a misdiagnosis, even if they put you on a drug like methotrexate and took years of normalcy from your life
This seems so frustrating to me. A big factor in the high healthcare prices in the US is that doctors need to pay heavy premiums for their malpractice insurance. If they can't get sued anyway then why are we all paying them to pay for the insurance?
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoObviously, because they can get sued, just not for a misdiagnosis in most cases. A surgeon who removed the wrong organ, for example, is liable to get sued.