Comments on: Mississippi: What happened after tort reform http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort.html/comment-page-1#comment-85565 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 03:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort-reform.html#comment-85565 Mississippi was a real tort hell-hole. The system was overtly unfair and we now find that one of Mississippi's tort kings was engaged in bribery of the judiciary. Mississippi was a real tort hell-hole. The system was overtly unfair and we now find that one of Mississippi’s tort kings was engaged in bribery of the judiciary.

]]> By: Calvin http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort.html/comment-page-1#comment-85546 Calvin Mon, 12 May 2008 03:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort-reform.html#comment-85546 I've read about a hostpital in PA that has circumvented the tort system in another way: they 'fess up to their mistakes before being sued. The number of payouts has increased, but the overall amount paid out has decreased. It seems that one of the things people really want is for their doctors to acknowledge their mistakes rather than hope they're never noticed. Maybe the adversarial system isn't the best approach to the doctor-patient relationship? I’ve read about a hostpital in PA that has circumvented the tort system in another way: they ‘fess up to their mistakes before being sued. The number of payouts has increased, but the overall amount paid out has decreased. It seems that one of the things people really want is for their doctors to acknowledge their mistakes rather than hope they’re never noticed. Maybe the adversarial system isn’t the best approach to the doctor-patient relationship?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort.html/comment-page-1#comment-85540 Anonymous Sun, 11 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort-reform.html#comment-85540 Not to minimize the benefits of malpractice tort reform, but I suspect business acted as it did because of cleaning up class-action litigation and other corporate shakedowns done by the tort bar. Not to minimize the benefits of malpractice tort reform, but I suspect business acted as it did because of cleaning up class-action litigation and other corporate shakedowns done by the tort bar.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort.html/comment-page-1#comment-85529 Anonymous Sun, 11 May 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/mississippi-what-happened-after-tort-reform.html#comment-85529 It is worthwhile reading the entire Wall Street Journal article, which is excellent. Thanks for posting an excerpt.<br/><br/>All of this makes absolutely no diffence to the trial lawyer industry scam artists, who will simply deny the amazing positive benefits to society from Mississippi or Texas reform of their corrupt malpractce systems. It is worthwhile reading the entire Wall Street Journal article, which is excellent. Thanks for posting an excerpt.

All of this makes absolutely no diffence to the trial lawyer industry scam artists, who will simply deny the amazing positive benefits to society from Mississippi or Texas reform of their corrupt malpractce systems.

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