A jury awards millions in a medical malpractice suit. Do we socialize this cost? How is the doctor punished?

by **chason62** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:32 pm

THE DOCTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPOTTED, REPORTED, JUDGED, BANNED FROM PRACTICING MEDICINE & THE WHOLE THING PREVENTED.

ALSO, IT WOULD LOWER MALPRACTICE INSURANCE RATES LIKE FALLING ROCKS.

by **talbot** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:37 pm

Only physicians, RNs, and other trained medical professionals should sit on juries which hear malpractice suits. The average layperson (myself included) does not have the expertise needed to truly understand the intricacies involved, and I don't want to see a physician's good name (not to mention his bank account) ruined because Joe Blow wants something for nothing and was able to find an attorney who was able to convince 12 clueless people how the big bad doctor ruined his life.

by **jasper** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:58 pm

The cost is 'socialized' due to it's being paid by consumers who receive medical care from said hospital. The doctor is punished vis a raise in his malpractice insurrance.
Peace

by **mohammed47** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:05 pm

Publishing a list of doctors losing malpractice cases allows folks to choose better doctors.

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