Why doctors drive nicer cars than you.

[Beestie]

And this is why lawyers drive nicer cars than doctors.

Edwards has conceded that infant cerebral palsy usually is not the fault of the doctors who deliver the baby -- even though he argued otherwise in his days as a trial lawyer.

While I'm using Edwards as an example, I'm not trying to make a partisan point. I just want to point out that the practice of suing doctors over things that aren't their fault has caused malpractice insurance costs to go through the roof. This cost, in turn, is passed through to the patients.

"My premium two years ago was $44,000 a year, and my insurance carrier notified me that if I wished to continue practicing, it was going up to $68,000 for this year," Brannan (an ob/gyn) said.

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[Scopulus Argentarius]

Originally posted by mrnoodle

I went to the office, told the man I had RA. He felt for lumps or s......
Grr.

Expensive and perhaps too close minded ....

Some leading edge docters believe that RA is caused by the same agent(s) as Strep and can be cured with low-dose antibiotics over time. For some patients, the cure works. Find a doc that may give you hope and try this cure.....

Dr. Mirkin, a crusty sounding former athelete recently retired medical talkshow host cured his wife with the same treatment...
Look for it at drmirkin.com.


Good Luck

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've said this before but it bears repeating. In the OR the Doctor really has to work to do damage that can't be undone if it's noticed then and there. The person that holds your life in their hands is the anesthetist.
They let you see the light, then drag you back to life.
An anesthetist friend is real careful and had almost 1200 patients without killing one. The insurance company said the law of averages says he should kill 1 per 1000 and he was overdue, so the doubled his premium.

[novice]

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
An anesthetist friend is real careful and had almost 1200 patients without killing one. The insurance company said the law of averages says he should kill 1 per 1000 and he was overdue, so the doubled his premium.

That kind of ridiculous logic encourages anesthetists to maintain the 'expected' status quo.
(Of course they wouldn't do it, i'm just jerking my knee in anger at the insurance companies behaviour.)

[Beestie]

Of course they wouldn't do it, i'm just jerking my knee in anger at the insurance companies behaviour.

Jerk your knee not at the insurance company but at the lawyer who sues the doctor or anesthesioligist. Why do you think the insurance company tracks the rate? They figure with 1,200 successful procedures, an effUp and lawsuit are right around the corner so they are just bracing themselves.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hmmmm (lightbulb). Seems all these threads end up with a common cause, Lawyers. In their defence (cough) I must point out juries ain't helping much.

[russotto]

While the insurance company may have used "you're due" as an excuse for raising the anaesthesiologist's rates, be assured that they don't actually believe it. If their statistical ability was that bad, they'd be out of business in short order.