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it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM
it's how much the malpractice insurance IS. Even for vets it's a reasonable chunk of change--I can't imagine what it is for doctors.

A doctor has to balance his expenses and income in order to eat, correct? Correct. If he has to pay malpractice, he raise his income which derives from his prices (thus his prices go up). The more malpractice is (and it's quite high), the more his prices need to go up (I'm assuming is other expenses are relatively fixed compared to "yes" and "no" malpractice). ECON101, dude.

And your comparison to car insurance makes zero sense, because the driver has nothing to do with setting the retail price of the car (beyond marketing influences). Logic. Fail.
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM 834 Views
I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM 550 Views
It definitely needs work, but not scrapped..... trzaska2000 - 29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM 555 Views
Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased Jragghen - 29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM 636 Views
Polls are horrid evidence in my mind LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM 559 Views
Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind Isaac - 29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM 727 Views
From a government employee: Nice post *NM* scalius - 29/09/2009 10:17:48 PM 237 Views
Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM 497 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM 602 Views
Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said Jragghen - 29/09/2009 11:40:42 PM 624 Views
his statements on health care are precisely my point, but much more well stated. *NM* LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:54:29 PM 233 Views
the difference is the focus of the organizations moondog - 29/09/2009 11:44:56 PM 595 Views
Re: the difference is the focus of the organizations Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:40:38 AM 612 Views
Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO LadyLorraine - 29/09/2009 11:44:58 PM 608 Views
Re: Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:28:36 AM 587 Views
that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM* LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM 229 Views
That's indisbutable Isaac - 30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM 576 Views
And that's all I'm saying LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 07:08:04 PM 528 Views
Re: And that's all I'm saying Isaac - 01/10/2009 03:10:02 AM 565 Views
It doesn't work at all Brian - 30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM 606 Views
i have yet to see any evidence of malpractice insurance being a driving cost of health care moondog - 30/09/2009 05:27:34 AM 619 Views
When the malpractice insurance can cost well over $100k a year of course it effects the costs. Brian - 30/09/2009 06:21:29 AM 599 Views
it's not THAT they pay malpractice LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM 480 Views
but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM 542 Views
that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes. LadyLorraine - 30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM 498 Views
hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health moondog - 29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM 607 Views
Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th... Danu - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM 524 Views
That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation Isaac - 29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM 694 Views
regardless, we still spend a lot more on health care while having too many uncovered people moondog - 29/09/2009 11:56:24 PM 520 Views
My objection, in this context, is strictly about references Isaac - 30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM 527 Views
i understand your point about the reference moondog - 30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM 581 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM 637 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM 616 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference Isaac - 30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM 611 Views
Re: i understand your point about the reference NaClH2O - 30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM 593 Views
Interesting... Isaac - 01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM 510 Views
So basically you are saying? NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 01:10:22 AM 484 Views
Basically... Isaac - 01/10/2009 02:52:51 AM 501 Views
Hooray! The government isn't going to get directly involved and make HC even worse! *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/09/2009 01:03:50 AM 229 Views
yes, heaven forbid we take care of our own *NM* moondog - 30/09/2009 04:13:50 PM 227 Views
looks l;ike they found some bipartisan spirit after all random thoughts - 29/09/2009 10:35:55 PM 532 Views
Definitely wouldn't want to "denigrate" Health Care... Dannymac - 30/09/2009 02:46:19 PM 492 Views
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