Comments on: Medical Economics examines tort reform http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70673 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70673 So Medical Economics believes we should go to a no fault plan?<br/><br/>That's not explaining tort reform at all. Every current tort reform proposal doesn't change the patient win/doctor (more accurately, doctor's insurer) loss dynamic, it simply caps what the patient can win. So Medical Economics believes we should go to a no fault plan?

That’s not explaining tort reform at all. Every current tort reform proposal doesn’t change the patient win/doctor (more accurately, doctor’s insurer) loss dynamic, it simply caps what the patient can win.

]]> By: Criminallopathhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70658 Criminallopath Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70658 Nothing of substance from the latter two of the insane clown posse? Duly noted. Nothing of substance from the latter two of the insane clown posse? Duly noted.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70643 Anonymous Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70643 must get a life too..... must get a life too…..

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70639 Anonymous Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70639 Hey crim , must get job ............ Hey crim , must get job …………

]]> By: Criminallopathhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70636 Criminallopath Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70636 The civil litigation system is adversarial regardless title of the defendant. Is the civil litigation system not as stressful for a plebeian defendant being sued for the farm when the plaintiff can bring a shyster lawyer and a shyster physician to proffer junk science theories of clinical causation such as "post-traumatic fibromyalgia" or the typical DJD that was somehow magically caused by a single event low-speed rear-end accident? The stress would be no different than a physician being sued for a junk science "John Edwards" type case. I am all for reform, but we need it across the board and not just have a special niche for physicians when it comes their status as defendants in bogus lawsuits. The civil litigation system is adversarial regardless title of the defendant. Is the civil litigation system not as stressful for a plebeian defendant being sued for the farm when the plaintiff can bring a shyster lawyer and a shyster physician to proffer junk science theories of clinical causation such as “post-traumatic fibromyalgia” or the typical DJD that was somehow magically caused by a single event low-speed rear-end accident? The stress would be no different than a physician being sued for a junk science “John Edwards” type case. I am all for reform, but we need it across the board and not just have a special niche for physicians when it comes their status as defendants in bogus lawsuits.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70633 Anonymous Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70633 Why should any patient expect compensation unless he can prove that he has been harmed by his physician? By what notion of justice should anyone be entitled to exact compensation from another save being able to prove their case? The adversarial system has it easy enough, being able to shop around for so-called experts willing to testify one way or another for a fee.<br/><br/>The problem today is that the adversarial system has become an after-the fact effort to secure indemnity for disability. Blaming the doctor is merely the most ready and convenient way to do so. Why should any patient expect compensation unless he can prove that he has been harmed by his physician? By what notion of justice should anyone be entitled to exact compensation from another save being able to prove their case? The adversarial system has it easy enough, being able to shop around for so-called experts willing to testify one way or another for a fee.

The problem today is that the adversarial system has become an after-the fact effort to secure indemnity for disability. Blaming the doctor is merely the most ready and convenient way to do so.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70628 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70628 Here is a quick and easy solution to the malpractice question. Just go bare. Here is a quick and easy solution to the malpractice question. Just go bare.

]]> By: Criminallopathhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70624 Criminallopath Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70624 I did read the article. What other professional group gets the same treatment as suggested by the article? I did read the article. What other professional group gets the same treatment as suggested by the article?

]]> By: ismdhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70622 ismd Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70622 Hey Crim,<br/><br/>If you'd actually read the article in question, you'd never have made that comment. Nowhere does it even suggest that physicians get "special status", as you phrased it. Hey Crim,

If you’d actually read the article in question, you’d never have made that comment. Nowhere does it even suggest that physicians get “special status”, as you phrased it.

]]> By: Criminallopathhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70618 Criminallopath Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/medical-economics-examines-tort-reform.html#comment-70618 And health care providers should enjoy special status when it comes to being defendants in professional tort actions because....? And health care providers should enjoy special status when it comes to being defendants in professional tort actions because….?

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