--- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1.) Doctor incompetance exists, and
> 2.) Doctors should be responsible for their screw
> ups.
And they are even if you cap the award.
> The Bush policy says that:
>
> 1.) There should be no personal responsibility on
> the Doctor's part, and
No it doesn't.
> 2.) Legitimate suits should be penalize the victim
> rather than the doctor.
???
> That is the result when the worst doctor's insurance
> premium is the
> same as the best doctor's.
>
> BTW - the $500 million is not necessarily just to
> benefit the
> victim(s). It's to send a message to society that
> this kind of
> malpractice should not be tolerated. The problem
> today is that the
> burden of that message is paid by all doctors, not
> just the bad ones.
That's not the message I want. One family has over
$100 million and my premieum goes up? 1/3 goes to the
lawyer anyway.
Put the money into medicare if it's just a message.
Didn't Edwards convince a jury that cerebral palsy was
caused by the doctor? Nice, he won $6.5 million on
junk science.
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