A physician is about to go through a malpractice trial. His wife goes off on a tirade:
My physician husband is going to court next week, being sued by a woman whose husband died of esophagus cancer. She thinks she deserves money because someone died. SOMEONE must pay. Win or lose, the taxpayer pays and health care costs go up for everyone. Win, and tens of thousands of dollars of malpractice insurance coverage have gone into case preparation; lose, and insurance will pay out for her “pain and suffering.” Insurance companies will then raise rates for everyone, doctors and patients alike. The lawyers win either way.
