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Doctors would say health care is expensive because of the threat of lawsuits which forces them to carry expensive insurance. It's easier for hospitals to price
by joshfraser 12y ago
Doctors would say health care is expensive because of the threat of lawsuits which forces them to carry expensive insurance. It's easier for hospitals to price gouge when they're billing a faceless corporation instead of an individual.
- ceejayoz 12y ago> Including legal fees, insurance costs, and payouts, the cost of all US malpractice suits comes to less than one-half of 1 percent of health-care spending. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2006/07/the_medical_malpractice_myth.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_exa...