Tuesday, June 05, 20077
Malpractice and a 4-hour commute
An Pennsylvania ER physician drives 2 hours each way to work in Ohio for cheaper malpractice insurance.
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It's got to be all lawsuits!
2:29 PM
~Criminallopath~
2:41 PM
7:54 PM
~Criminallopath~
10:49 PM
Well, the difference is that when doctors are the ones leaving an area because they'd rather work somewhere else, then the area is left without proper healthcare.
11:31 PM
That argument doesn't square with "healthcare is not a right". You can't trade on the absolute necessity of physicians to an area to get what you want in one area, and then not expect that same argument not to be applied in another.
11:49 PM
You could make the same argument for the working class when it comes to housing. For example, the cost of housing in the southern zone of the PRCa is driving out teachers, fire fighters and police officers as they can't afford to live locally. Even with our real estate slump, the houses in the local "hood" go for high six to mid seven figures.
1:07 AM
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