Comments on: Texas, liability caps, and the influx of physicians http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anirbanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67754 Anirban Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67754 "Reliance on provided history and assumption of patient veracity without the ability, capability or desire to objectively evaluate such history is the norm in clinical practice"<br/><br/>And what you've got to back up that claim ? Reply in simple sentences . “Reliance on provided history and assumption of patient veracity without the ability, capability or desire to objectively evaluate such history is the norm in clinical practice”

And what you’ve got to back up that claim ? Reply in simple sentences .

]]> By: Criminallopathhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67740 Criminallopath Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67740 "However you are generalizing a lot of accusations. I have been practicing for 21 years and I have not met any doctors that do this."<br/><br/>Generalizing? Reliance on provided history and assumption of patient veracity without the ability, capability or desire to objectively evaluate such history is the norm in clinical practice. Do you, in all seriousness, expect anybody to beleive that you have not engaged in this junk science method for attributing cause of a non-hallmark diagnosed condition? “However you are generalizing a lot of accusations. I have been practicing for 21 years and I have not met any doctors that do this.”

Generalizing? Reliance on provided history and assumption of patient veracity without the ability, capability or desire to objectively evaluate such history is the norm in clinical practice. Do you, in all seriousness, expect anybody to beleive that you have not engaged in this junk science method for attributing cause of a non-hallmark diagnosed condition?

]]> By: ismdhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67681 ismd Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67681 CJD,<br/><br/>You're very good at twisting facts to fit your preconceived notions. Again, go to the Medical Board's Annual Report for 2006, and also look at the statistics for numbers of physicians over the last few years posted on their website. Yeah, sure, there was minimal growth over the few years prior to reform, but since then , licensure applications have dramatically increased, especially this year. I refer you to page 14 of the report. Boy, for someone who accuses physicians of ignoring facts that don't fit their world view, you more than do the same. For someone who accuses us of ignoring facts, you've made that a specialty. CJD,

You’re very good at twisting facts to fit your preconceived notions. Again, go to the Medical Board’s Annual Report for 2006, and also look at the statistics for numbers of physicians over the last few years posted on their website. Yeah, sure, there was minimal growth over the few years prior to reform, but since then , licensure applications have dramatically increased, especially this year. I refer you to page 14 of the report. Boy, for someone who accuses physicians of ignoring facts that don’t fit their world view, you more than do the same. For someone who accuses us of ignoring facts, you’ve made that a specialty.

]]> By: CJDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67677 CJD Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67677 "Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM!"<br/><br/>And all the other years they increased was because of what? Climate? “Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM!”

And all the other years they increased was because of what? Climate?

]]> By: ismdhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67673 ismd Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67673 CJD,<br/><br/>Your comments from your 6:48 post show how you continue to ignore the facts put in front of you. Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM! What is it about htis plain and simple fact you don't comprehend? Because it goes against everything taught to you by the ATLA playbook? <br/><br/>BTW, look at the strategic report. A good portion of the membership of the Texas Medical Board are not physicians. So much for your "perceptions" comment. CJD,

Your comments from your 6:48 post show how you continue to ignore the facts put in front of you. Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM! What is it about htis plain and simple fact you don’t comprehend? Because it goes against everything taught to you by the ATLA playbook?

BTW, look at the strategic report. A good portion of the membership of the Texas Medical Board are not physicians. So much for your “perceptions” comment.

]]> By: ismdhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67672 ismd Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67672 CJD,<br/><br/>Your comments from your 6:48 post show how you continue to ignore the facts put in front of you. Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM! What is it about htis plain and simple fact you don't comprehend? Because it goes against everything taught to you by the ATLA playbook? <br/><br/>BTW, look at the strategic report. A good portion of the membership of the Texas Medical Board are not physicians. So much for your "perceptions" comment. CJD,

Your comments from your 6:48 post show how you continue to ignore the facts put in front of you. Again, the numbers of physicians increased in Texas ONLY BECAUSE OF REFORM! What is it about htis plain and simple fact you don’t comprehend? Because it goes against everything taught to you by the ATLA playbook?

BTW, look at the strategic report. A good portion of the membership of the Texas Medical Board are not physicians. So much for your “perceptions” comment.

]]> By: chuckyhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67670 chucky Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67670 Esquevil,<br/><br/>Very nice job on summarizing thoughts on CJD. Kudos for taking the time to type it out even though he will miss it with his blinders on.<br/><br/><br/>Criminollopath,<br/><br/>I agree with your part about "junk science". It is criminal how people have perverted the legal system. However you are generalizing a lot of accusations. I have been practicing for 21 years and I have not met any doctors that do this. Sure they are out there but it is not a rampant disease. <br/><br/>I now just skip over your entries because you are going to talk about the same thing in the same incoherent way. Esquevil,

Very nice job on summarizing thoughts on CJD. Kudos for taking the time to type it out even though he will miss it with his blinders on.

Criminollopath,

I agree with your part about “junk science”. It is criminal how people have perverted the legal system. However you are generalizing a lot of accusations. I have been practicing for 21 years and I have not met any doctors that do this. Sure they are out there but it is not a rampant disease.

I now just skip over your entries because you are going to talk about the same thing in the same incoherent way.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67668 anonymous Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67668 CJD,could we please get our FACTS correct!<br/><br/>"The online survey measuring physicians’ attitudes and practice habits was conducted from Aug. 22 to Aug. 30, 2006 and 1,154 completed responses were received. Invitations to participate in the survey were sent via e-mail to 10,000 randomly selected physician members of TMA. Of those e-mails, 9,442 were delivered to the potential respondents’ e-mail address. The response rate was 12.2 percent. The survey results accurately reflect the opinions of Texas physicians in general, with an overall margin of error for questions answered by all respondents of plus or minus 2.8 percent" CJD,could we please get our FACTS correct!

“The online survey measuring physicians’ attitudes and practice habits was conducted from Aug. 22 to Aug. 30, 2006 and 1,154 completed responses were received. Invitations to participate in the survey were sent via e-mail to 10,000 randomly selected physician members of TMA. Of those e-mails, 9,442 were delivered to the potential respondents’ e-mail address. The response rate was 12.2 percent. The survey results accurately reflect the opinions of Texas physicians in general, with an overall margin of error for questions answered by all respondents of plus or minus 2.8 percent”

]]> By: CJDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67664 CJD Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67664 "OK, show the study that proves that a bad outcome deserves a bigger lottery win?"<br/><br/>You keep asking me to prove your claims. I never said that, so why would I point you to a study that did?<br/><br/>Read for comprehension. “OK, show the study that proves that a bad outcome deserves a bigger lottery win?”

You keep asking me to prove your claims. I never said that, so why would I point you to a study that did?

Read for comprehension.

]]> By: CJDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-influx-of.html#comment-67663 CJD Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/texas-liability-caps-and-the-influx-of-physicians.html#comment-67663 "People with that much physical disability surely can produce sufficient expected lifetime medical bills that you can happily take a third to a half of them and make some good coin off of their tragedy. I'm sure you can justify a case like that, whether they were previously employed or not."<br/><br/>Given that you get paid even when you screw up, I'm pretty sure you're not one to lecture others on making money from people who can ill afford it. <br/><br/>And how can I justify it? They ask me what they'll get out of it and I have to tell them that after paying back their health insurer, if they have one, or Medicaid, then paying their future medicals, they'll be lucky to have anything, even if they didn't pay me. They're better off to go bankruptcy without pain and suffering damages because they'll be going through two years of hassles and ultimately end up with nothing to show for it. If you were them, what would you do? <br/><br/>"Add your 750K of "pain and suffering" and you are starting to talk some real money."<br/><br/>$750K is real money? Is that what your brain function would be worth to you? How about your kid's? Sound like a fair deal - having some legislator who has never even seen your kid decide the value of his case based on what insurance lobbyists tell him it's worth? <br/><br/>We all know how much physicians hate having their compensation for work performed arbitrarily set and how unfair you believe it is. Imagine the value of your quality of life was arbitrarily set by people who knew nothing of your life but sure did like those steak dinners at Morton's AIG's lobbyists are always having - how fair would that be? “People with that much physical disability surely can produce sufficient expected lifetime medical bills that you can happily take a third to a half of them and make some good coin off of their tragedy. I’m sure you can justify a case like that, whether they were previously employed or not.”

Given that you get paid even when you screw up, I’m pretty sure you’re not one to lecture others on making money from people who can ill afford it.

And how can I justify it? They ask me what they’ll get out of it and I have to tell them that after paying back their health insurer, if they have one, or Medicaid, then paying their future medicals, they’ll be lucky to have anything, even if they didn’t pay me. They’re better off to go bankruptcy without pain and suffering damages because they’ll be going through two years of hassles and ultimately end up with nothing to show for it. If you were them, what would you do?

“Add your 750K of “pain and suffering” and you are starting to talk some real money.”

$750K is real money? Is that what your brain function would be worth to you? How about your kid’s? Sound like a fair deal – having some legislator who has never even seen your kid decide the value of his case based on what insurance lobbyists tell him it’s worth?

We all know how much physicians hate having their compensation for work performed arbitrarily set and how unfair you believe it is. Imagine the value of your quality of life was arbitrarily set by people who knew nothing of your life but sure did like those steak dinners at Morton’s AIG’s lobbyists are always having – how fair would that be?

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