Comments on: Doctors can’t wait to practice in Texas

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:03:00 +0000

Keep them waiting. We don’t want all the OJ Simpsons of the medical profession in our state. There are enough here now. WAIT WAIT WAIT maybe that will give the Medical Board time to do the job they are PAID to do.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:51:00 +0000

Growth in physicians 1999-2003 = 15.3%

Growth in physicians 2003-2007 = 15.7%

That's hardly a difference that is much to crow about especially when you consider that Texas was in the lowest quartile for per capita physicians prior to the law passing and still is. Also, the most underserved counties are still underserved since the physicians "flocking" to Texas are not opening rural practices. Finally, as a percentage basis, Texas captured more of the growth in physician poulation nationwide in the 1999-2003 period than in the 2003-2007 period. It's great that those who advocate malpractice caps have all these anecdotes and a friendly media, but that does not replace actual data.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:30:00 +0000

The growth in physicians has been slower than the growth of population in Texas. So is it surprising that with more people there is more work for physicians? Regardless of whether there are damage caps?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:38:00 +0000

Ahh yes Texas. The state missing one of it’s village idiots (he’s in the white house). Liked Austin and San Antonio. The rest of the state stinks.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:52:00 +0000

Yes, reigning in the cost of medical malpractice is a measurable factor. But the intangible factor that really causes the migration to make sense is that… it’s TEXAS!!!!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:00 +0000

I love how a few of our posters feel that number are “useless” when their version of reality is disproved.

Keep at it, chief! I’m right there with you, the earth is flat. Yeah!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0000

I have friends who have been waiting for upwards of a year on TX medical license approval. You may rest assured the supply of physicians in Texas does not respond immediately to changes in the practice environment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:06:00 +0000

Stop wasting your time here, dispute it on your website and we will all flock to read it.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:38:00 +0000

When evaluating claims like this, absolute numbers are somewhat useless. In the first of this series almost two years ago, the article claimed an increase in physician licenses due to the malpractice cap when the truth of the matter is that the two years prior to the passage of the legislation, more physicians were licensed than the two years post-passage. That was true for both absolute and relative numbers. In other words, in the first two years of the cap, it caused a decrease in physician license applications in Texas according to the logic of this article.

The proprietor of this site never corrected that dishonest post. In fact, the proprietor of this site has never, to my knowledge, corrected a dishonest post even when documented facts were supplied to him.