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The cost of insurance is outrageous because settlements in medical malpractice lawsuits are outrageous. Tort reform is necessary to control medical costs - it
by testfoobar 3y ago
The cost of insurance is outrageous because settlements in medical malpractice lawsuits are outrageous. Tort reform is necessary to control medical costs - it is opposed by Democrats in the US. Trial lawyers are an important and generous lobby.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoParetto rears its ugly head as well. 20% of the bad actors are 80% of the lawsuits. There are patients that make a living going around doctor offices and suing them. I know 1 patient in particular that went around suing doctor offices because they would not cater to his blindness. He would threaten a lawsuit without setting a foot in the doctor's office. He would browse the doctor's website and complain it was not blind-compliant. And start from there.
- erik_seaberg 3y agoI once worked on a legal case management database. One of the clients was getting sued over breast implants, and they used the database to catch scammers who sued fifty times (once in each state) over implants they never actually had.
- wolverine876 3y ago> The cost of insurance is outrageous because settlements in medical malpractice lawsuits are outrageous. Tort reform is necessary to control medical costs - it is opposed by Democrats in the US. Trial lawyers are an important and generous lobby. Why assume the problem is the legal system and not the doctors? Maybe their performance is the problem. For example, last I saw, hospital error was a leading cause of death in the US. Until recently it was hard to get doctors to wash their hands between patients, or follow checklists to ensure quality. There are stories of an omerta-like rule of silence about surgical errors.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoyou can both be right here and in fact its the most likely scenario