How bad is medical malpractice these days? How bad are our hospitals? How many people die from mistakes each year? How much do all these mal-practice lawsuits cost our healthcare insurance and the over all industry? Is it all as bad as they say? If so, then what on Earth can we do to fix it?
Well these are all very good questions and I am glad you asked. We see many politicians and Healthcare Industry Professionals complaining about the lawyers on one side and then we see people having the wrong kidney or leg amputated, how on Earth can these things happen?
Well, medical malpractice in reality does occur although there are also many lawsuits, which are really not fair and most of the settlements or awards from kangaroo courts and sympathetic juries are a little disconcerting to say the least. Doctors complain often that they cannot afford to stay in business with malpractice insurance so high, thus prompting fewer doctors even though there is now a greater need.
With payouts in the multi-millions this means that mal-practice insurance costs have sky-rocketed in the last ten years. Of course these costs are passed on to all of us in higher premiums and hospital costs, which are causing catastrophic problems with our over all health care system. So please consider all this in 2006.
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