When clear medical mistakes are made, patients lose again in the current malpractice system.
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The “bad outcomes” listed in the underlying article are exactly the forms of health care that Americans deserve given not only their apathy but also their acquiescence in allowing the current health care system to remain in place. Barebacking incompetent multi-millionaire providers and the plebeians that “trusted” them before their “bad outcomes.” It almost sounds comedic were it not so tragic.
Florida is a homestead state everyone knows that. Thats why O.J. moved there. The hospitals can not allow bare surgeons on staff. They may not have any, but they can’t say they don’t have an option. This whole article is much ado about nothing.
This was prior to the 2003 $500k cap for p&s in Florida. I believe now that malpractice rates have come down in FL you may see more surgeons down there getting covered.
When does an “accident” become a “mistake”? When a patient files a lawsuit? When the lawsuit is settled out of court? When a judgment of malpractice is determined by a trial? Or when it is called one in a newspaper article?
So Kevin is arguing for no-fault funded by the govt?
How exactly does the current “malpractice system” to blame for someone filing bankruptcy?
“When does an “accident” become a “mistake”?”
In the case of FL you should be asking “when does an accident become a strike”? A “strike” is when only a jury decides that a doctor has stepped outside the bounds of the standard of care.
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