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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:54 AM Original message |
Busloads of physicians seek to revive medmal-reform bill |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Texas got caps on malpractice awards.... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Same thing in California |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. actually Prop 13 passed in 1988 put the brakes on CA malpractice rate |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Malpractice premiums up 190% in California since MICRA |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I stand corrected it was 103 not 13, and they are lower now in CA since |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Wrong again, Bucko. Rates are still increasing. |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I didn't say they were lower I said that they |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Go to Appendix III |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. No..they were only reduced by 8% and have steadily risen |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. thank you |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. In CA, after this passed, I couldn't find a lawyer to take on |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. exactly, your civil liberties are fucked; these kinds of laws |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. In Texas also |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. and the physicians get off scot free; it is absolutely insane what is |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I just finished a case |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. what a horror story. You are so right, it has to be stopped |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. well tomorrow is Wednesday, thats usually golf day for Drs. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. there should be NO caps |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. According to what I have been told in Florida, the problem is not |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. They should call it the Coalition for Repressive Accessible Physicians |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. One more way of demolishing a wall of protection for consumers/patients |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. LINK-to the definitive organization on this false crisis |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Good post. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. it certainly is a false crisis. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. 4/20/05 Deaths due to Dr. mistakes fall drastically in two regions |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Idiot freeptards buy this crap. It's the INSURANCE companies that are |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It lowers their potential liability |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Where were these busloads of docs during the Shiavo case???? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. In PA, there was a 33% decline in 2003 in number of medical malpractice |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. Blame the Insurance Industry |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Was this part of DeLay's groups of "Physicians of the Year" maybe? |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a letter I wrote to my local Assemblyman and State Senator |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. NO caps should be imposed!!!! If someone in their family |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Louisiana has a cap on BOTH economical and noneconomical |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. if Person X dies from a negligent driver or physician, should the |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Doctors salaries are reason for high medical cost |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. A GREEDY UPPER CLASS THAT NEEDS TO BE SUED |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Not accurate. Doctors salaries are actually going down and there |
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