4 ms·
The problem in the US isn't lawsuits, it's lack of decent health care. The lawsuits are a forseeable outcome of parents who could be financially devastated if
by bashinator 13y ago
The problem in the US isn't lawsuits, it's lack of decent health care. The lawsuits are a forseeable outcome of parents who could be financially devastated if their child has a bad injury.
- nickonline 13y agoWow, you're absolutely correct. I always assumed that in the US it was because of the litigious nature and never stopped to consider the fact that if your kid breaks their arm it's $10k for the parents to fix it. Thinking about it from the healthcare point of view is amazing.
- smtddr 13y agoOk, what was different in the '80s?
- mahyarm 13y agoI think the cost of medical care was probably cheaper, the liabilities less. I was a kid then so I don't actually know.
- smtddr 13y agoHmm... now I need a chart showing healthcare prices for the past 50 years as well as percentage of claims denied.
- klh 13y agoAs well as considering just health care costs also consider health care versus income. E.g. if a parent had to pay for a broken arm in the '80s US did they risk bankruptcy more or less then now?